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Poems for Mom

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Icon from Within (Mar./Apr. '21)

I Miss You, Mom Grigore VIERUUnder the stars the waterFlows with my tears calm,I miss your gaze upon me,I miss you dearly, mom.Beloved mother of mineGarden of flowers blessed,The apple…

“Mother of God, Enlighten My Darkness!”

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Icon from Within (Mar./Apr. '21)

Saint Gregory Palamas was born in 1296, in Constantinople, to a family of very pious Christians with ties to the court of Emperor Andronicus II, his father being an imperial…

The Ethics of Memory

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Icon from Within (Mar./Apr. '21)

Some time ago, a symposium on “The Ethics of Memory” was held at Putna Monastery, in an exclusive setting. The topic seemed handy to me at first. I knew and…