On Rasputin

He was not a hypocrite, not a scoundrel. He was a true man of God, having come from the simple people. But under the influence of high society, which could not understand this simple man, a terrible spiritual catastrophe took place and he fell. And the milieu that had brought this about looked upon it with the most frivolous attitude. For high society, this was nothing but a "laugh." Such a fall, in the spiritual sense, can nevertheless lead to very serious consequences...

----Russian seminary colleague Feofan on Rasputin