To shave the beard is a sin that the blood of all the martyrs cannot cleanse. It is to deface the image of man created by God.

To shave the beard is a sin that the blood of all the martyrs cannot cleanse. It is to deface the image of man created by God.

剃掉胡须是所有殉道者的鲜血所不能洗净的罪恶。它是对上帝创造的人的形象的亵渎。

-- Ivan IV Vasilyevich 伊凡四世瓦西里耶维奇