Dear Listeners! Today I want to tell you about the allegory of mercy. In my research I have come across various images of mercy. The ancient form of representation was a breastfeeding woman. So mercy nourishes her children. Another picture that comes to mind is the Merciful Father, this wonderful painting by Rubens, which can be seen in the original in St. Petersburg in the Hermitage. But what does mercy mean? We tend to confuse mercy with a certain kind of indifference or co