Beyond the Hills Page #2

In Germany...

I never left the country. But I'm not sorry.

I would go to see the Saint Tomb if given the chance.

But in the west... And I'll tell you why:

Western Europe has lost the right path.

There's nothing sacred left out there.

In the name of liberty everything is allowed.

They marry men with men, women with women... Yes...

Drugs everywhere...

Even the church is no more

as it was supposed to be.

I'm in favor of tolerance,

but with some reasonable limits.

But there where you've been,

was there a church?

- Yes, but not ours.

- Sorry?

Not Orthodox.

You should know that for a true believer,

even to enter a non-Orthodox church is a sin!

But poor people don't think about this any more.

They go wherever they can to get some money...

...for the children, and meanwhile the children

grow up by themselves, without mother, without father...

...and we wonder how come so

many unspeakable things happen.

Sure they do, if that child has nobody to guide him,

to get him to the church, to teach him good from bad.

That means you also didn't

have a place to confess.

You have to come to confess...

We enter into Lent and

it's not proper this way.

I'll wait for you tomorrow morning.

People find their inner peace when

they're forgiven for their sins.

Let's pray.

You have a fever.

From the cold in the train I think.

Will you rub me with alcohol?

- I don't have alcohol.

- I do.

We'd better go on your bed.

Why, we don't sleep together?

- No.

- Why?

It's not allowed here at the convent.

Why is that?

It's not proper. Lent is approaching

and we have to be very careful.

- And that girl, Antonia, why was she looking

at you like that? - Like what?

- I don't know, it seemed like...

- It just seemed to you.

- Are you two better friends?

- I'm not better friends with anybody here.

We just help each other and that's all.

Why did he tell me to confess?

It's good for you. It calms you down.

God is good and forgives your sins, but first you have to confess

so he can forgive you and you can move on.

And you have to tell everything

in the confession.

Did you tell everything?

You don't have to tell all the details.

You just say your sins and...

- How old is this priest?

- Daddy? About 30.

Stop calling him "daddy".

They say that the priest saw

an angel, and so he became a monk.

- Where did he see it?

- He used to work at a thermal power station and...

...an angel just appeared.

- And how did it look?

I don't know how it looked, 'cause the priest

doesn't speak about these things with us.

I had a very hard time

without you, Voichita.

Ok, I'm tired now.

Put this on so you don't catch a cold.

- I'll pray.

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