Seek Her in the Depths of Your Suffering

May the light of the Theotokos flicker through the night of our souls on this day of Dormition.

"And he went out and wept bitterly"

“The student thought again that if Vasilisa wept and her daughter was troubled, then obviously what he had just told them, something that had taken place nineteen centuries ago, had a relation to the present––to both women, and probably to this desolate village, to himself, to all people. . .The past, he thought, is connected with the present in an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of the other. And it seemed to him that he had just seen both ends of that chain: he touched one end, and the other moved.

-The Student by Anton Chekhov 

Long live Chekhov  Long live the Church.  Pray for us, O' holy St. Peter.

Holy Father Seraphim, Pray for Us!

"When I am dead, come to me at my grave, and the more often the better. Whatever is in your soul, whatever may have happened to you, come to me as when I was alive and kneeling on the ground, cast all your bitterness upon my grave. Tell me everything and I shall listen to you, and all the bitterness will fly away from you. And as you spoke to me when I was alive, do so now. For I am living and I shall be forever."

-St. Seraphim of Sarov

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O' Theotokos

Look how Sbe was moved at seeing the poverty of the married couple.

And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. 

Her Holy Face

Can you imagine at the point of departure, to see the face of the Mother of God?