Beasts in cassocks - End Time Deception

IBishop Alexander put a few dollars into my hand, adding that Arch-
bishop Eudocimus, who was sent by the Holy Synod to take Platon's
place was expected in a few days, and that I would get my money in
full. I was puzzled and asked what Bishop Eudocimus had to do
with my money. Alexander explained: "It makes no difference,
because your money is on deposit in the Mission Bank, and you have
nothing to fear."
After waiting and suffering great privations for eight months,
and still no trace of the new Bishop Eudocimus, I again applied to
Bishop Alexander. I complained that it seemed an age before Bishop
Eudocimus would appear. "Well, then," he retorted, "if you can't
wait, go to Russia."
A Company of Eobbers.
I was frantic because I was left penniless. I needed some money.
I finally made up my mind to wait a short time and then go to Rus-
sia. I made known my resolve to Dobroff, who advised me to wait
for the new Archbishop^: ".)Ve are at War with Germany and Austria
now. It is not money you must think about but the salvation of your
Fatherland. Your money won't be lost. If you can't get it now,
you will get twice the amount after the war is over." But in the
meantime, how was I to live without money?
I have my first citizenship papers and was unwilling to have
them become ineffective. I therefore sought advice from Yuri Bakh-
metyev, the Russian Ambassador at Washington. He, in turn, con-
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