“Once, when Geronda Joseph underwent a great temptation, he went into the desert to pray, and as he was crying out to God, he saw a vision of a large, beautiful bird singing. In a moment, he found himself in Paradise where there were many birds. The birds were angels, and among them was the large bird, singing and keeping the bass note. Imagine that! He saw it with his own eyes!” OrthodoxOrthodoxyMonastic LifeMonasticismGreek OrthodoxHomilyMonastic TraditionsGreek Orthodoxy Book:Daily Quotes from "Words of the Heart" by Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou Source: Daily Quotes from "Words of the Heart" by Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou
“Recreation And when we had invented death, had severed every soul from life we made of these our bodies sepulchers. And as we wandered dying, dim among the dying multitudes, He acquiesced to be interred in us. So when He had ascended thus into our persons and the grave He broke the limits, opening the grip, He shaped of every sepulcher a womb.” PoetryEastertideGreek Orthodoxy Author:Scott Cairns