Aleksander Solzhe­nitsyn - Memory Eternal!

I have not much to say about Aleksander Solzhe­nitsyn, who died a few days ago. He was a friend of my pastor, Archpriest Victor Sokolov (who's widow is now suffering). I read his famous 1978 speech in the early 1990s, but I have not read any of his books. I find it interesting that the press doesn't seem to understand that he is an Orthodox Christian and keeps judging him by modernist western standards. (Of course, the Russian press has trouble understanding him, too and portrays him as a nationalist before all else.) We pray for him, expecting God to hear our prayers...

“O God of spirits and of all flesh, You have trampled upon death and have abolished the power of the devil, giving life to Your world. Give rest to the soul of Your departed servant Aleksander in a place of light, in a place of repose, in a place of refreshment, where there is no pain, sorrow, and suffering. As a good and loving God, forgive every sin he has committed in thought, word or deed, for there is no one who lives and does not sin. You alone are without sin. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your word is truth. For You are the resurrection, the life, and the repose of Your departed servant Aleksander, Christ our God, and to You we give glory, with Your eternal Father and Your all-holy, good and life‑giving Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen”