Blessed be the kingdom of the Father
Submitted by Athos on December 9, 2025 - 6:18pm
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In the dark hours before dawn in a poor monastery on Mount Athos, a moment of silence. Everyone stood, hands hanging. "Blessed be the kingdom of the Father," the priest murmured, half asleep, "of the Father," he said. Their foreheads violently touched the stone floor, a stout Slav moaned, thousands of galaxies were born
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