[lightman]

"God, on the other hand," he taught, "does not ever pass and we all exist in accordance with His love. We exist because he loves us, because he has thought of us and he called us to life. We exist in the thoughts and in the love of God. We exist in all of our reality, not only in our 'shadow'."

Writing as a Western Christian learning to appreciate the treasures of the East, I believe that this is what the Orthodox mean when they pray Memory Eternal!

[firebasecody]

We call this feast day, “Dormition”, when Mary the Theotokos, fell asleep in the Lord. Blessed, even in death.

[Yudan]

Light,

As a lifelong Protestant recently converted, I can say without reservation that the treasures of the East (as you put it) are the Treasures of Christendom.

So many in the West have simply chosen to leave them shrouded in mystery, or otherwise leave them buried.