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Ballade of the Bird

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:November 30, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Nov./Dec. ’22)

animate Lightcoming, on the waymy heart desiresa gentle birdmy tearful soulwants, innocentlyonly to be protectedonly to be liftedupbeyond deathDaniel Turcea

Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:November 30, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Nov./Dec. ’22)

The life of Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia was a smooth, majestic flight toward God! Evangelos, as he was named at baptism, was born to poor parents named Leonidas and Eleni…

Genealogy of the Lord

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:November 30, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Nov./Dec. ’22)

On the Sunday before the Lord’s Nativity, we listened to the Lord’s genealogy, from the Holy Evangelist Matthew. I remember that when I first started going to church, this list…