i do not understand… what could this possibly make me feel? in this artwork, the visuals nor the absence of them awakens any sentiment in me. and perhaps that is a feeling in and of itself.🤔

☦︎ Hello! my name is Nazarene.
i’m currently a catechumen, about to be christmated, God willing. Study the wonders of Orthodoxy with me, if you’d like! this is a long journey, in fact, it is a lifelong one! and i’m happy to partake in it. May God be with you, for He is. At all times. ☦️🗝️🪽

Offer your restlessness to Him in prayer, and know that your desire to be at church is already a beautiful offering in His eyes. You are part of the Body of Christ no matter where you are. May God grant you peace and rest, and strengthen you in His love.

[Panegirico 23, estratto dal Santo Neofito l’eremo di Cipro, Scritti III. Panegirici, tradotti dal greco antico da L. Enache, studi di N. Papatriandafillou]

Rejoice, Lady given to us by the Lord, Virgin, Mother of God, and ever-present guardian of my soul, together with the glorified Cross of your Son and the unyielding wall, the downfall of both visible and invisible enemies.