I listened with delight to the captain’s words and then said to him: “I too have seen a similar case. At the factory in our village there was a certain craftsman who was very skilled at his job, a good and dear fellow; unfortunately he too used to indulge in drinking bouts, and rather often for that matter. A certain God-fearing individual advised him whenever he desired to drink wine to say thirty-three Jesus prayers in honor of the Most Holy Trinity and in keeping with the thirty-three years of