Christian Culture – St. Dumitru Romanian Orthodox Monastery

Hymn to Christ after silence, on the day of Pascha

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:March 31, 2023
Post category:Icon from Within (Mar./Apr. ’23)

The Resurrection, fresco, 11th cent., Chora O Christ King, Your name is the first I will call upon after again breathing out this word which I have held in my…

Fire, fire

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:January 31, 2023
Post category:Icon from Within (Jan./Feb. ’23)

…Fire, fire! The branches crackle and the night wind of late autumn blows the flame of the bonfire back and forth. The compound is dark; I am alone at the…

Bitten by the serpent (II)

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

Long ago I tore my spirit from the world and mingled it with the shining spirits of heaven. The lofty mind bore me far from the flesh, set me in…