“Some say, ‘I am ready to forgive that person, but only if he comes to me himself and asks for forgiveness.’ This is absolutely unchristian. No matter what we might encounter—insults, slander, or some kind of physical attack—we have an answer. And this answer was given to us by the Lord. He said, ‘If you are my disciples, do as I do.’ And the Lord ascends the cross and forgives His crucifiers. That is what Christ’s disciples do.”

(Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov in  interview on “Parsuna”)