The bitter irony is that the people who perhaps most need and deserve to forgive themselves cannot. The necessary reflection and acknowledgment can be very difficult, because some people are burdened by forms of self-deception. Self-deception makes it difficult to identify when self-forgiveness is appropriate.
Yes I can write restaurant with a capital r : Restaurant
When Gerasim says: " It's God's will. We shall all come to it some day", He expresses that he is a believer. This is pretty much related to his spirituality.