“Blessed are you, Holy Wood, intelligible
winepress!
In you was crushed the heavenly bunch
of grapes,
sufficient for gladdening the heavenly
and the earthly.”
[David the Invincible, “An Encomium on the Holy Cross of God,” in Vigen Guroian, Inheriting Paradise, 68]
As has often been observed, while Israel — as notably documented at Isaiah 63:16 — and Judaism — with, for that matter, much of antiquity — could...
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Unfortunately not a wizards’ duel despite all signs to the contrary.
“Romanian, right, and Serbian Orthodox Church priests perform, marking the...
Roros, Norway
(by Øystein E)
Several years ago, I happened to be visiting my parents when a longtime friend of my mother died. As I left the funeral, I spoke briefly to the...
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