O Mother of the Light Illumine My Darkness (canon) knotted motivated by deep respect for

motivated by deep respect for these revered saints and devotion to those martyred during the communist persecution of the 20th century

showing how these mysteries are inextricably tied to those of our redemption by Jesus Christ and of creation’s redeemed state beyond the general resurrection

Before his entry into monasticism at the age of thirty-two

Monasticism is the extreme tension of abiding on the narrow way that leads downwards to the deep heart

O Mother of the Light Illumine My Darkness (canon) knotted motivated by deep respect forO Mother of the Light Illumine My Darkness A Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos for Enlightenment