[quote]The martyrdom each and every one will go through is no laughing matter. Martyrdom is pain and suffering, it is being ground under the millstone. This is raw reality. At the same time, if you accept this martyrdom without reservations, it becomes a gift and it becomes grace. In this you receive union and achieve communion with God. 

Everything points to one thing: in martyrdom lies the secret. This is the undertaking. This is the width and depth of spiritual things. Do you believe this? Everything else is a fairy tale.[/quote]


[color=silver][indent][indent]— Archimandrite Symeon Kragiopoulus, [I]Are You In Pain? Looking deeply into the mystery of pain[/i][/indent][/indent][/color]