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# El Cid's chronicler notes that, standing on the ramparts of Valencia and gazing at the vast army of Moroccan invaders, he thanked God for the opportunities laid before him and for the honour he was about to win
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/khronist-el-sida-otmechaet-chto-stoia-na-krepostnykh-stenakh-valensii-i-gliadia-na-ogromnuiu-armiiu-marokkanskikh-zakhvatchikov-on-blagodaril-boga-za-otkryvshiesia-pered-nim-vozmozhnost/
- Published: 2026-01-13T06:34:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:22.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Observations, People

> Heavenly Father, merciful Creator, I thank Thee! … A wondrous gift has come from across the sea: I cannot win it otherwise than by fighting.

The valiant hero of Spain offered up prayers of thanksgiving before a desperate battle, and not merely after the victory.

Nearly a thousand years have passed, and Europe is once again waiting for its El Cids.