E.N. You said that the Orthodox Church does not assist the artificial division between clergy and laity. But unfortunately, we often see a big differentiation between monks and regular clergy and the laity; between pastors and their parishes. Now and then, things happen to be lost between them.

V.E. Unfortunately, very often. But this occurrence is obviously undesirable. One can name many reasons from where it arose just like a sickness; we can always pinpoint the source of this illness, but this sickness (it is not fate) will be subjected to a cure.