[jb6]

ping

[Agrarian]

Very nice article -- thanks for the translation. And thanks for the ping, jb6. I was a bit confused by the title, expecting something Catholic because of the "saying mass" bit -- Orthodox and also Eastern Catholics would say that a priest "serves the Liturgy," but the idea is clear.

It is interesting that he has all of those medals on him. I've never seen an Orthodox priest with those -- I wonder if they are military medals, since generally Orthodox awards to priests come in different forms. The Russian Church has a particularly complex system of awards (gold cross, jeweled cross, palitsa, miter, etc...) that I can't even begin to understand. But none of them are these kinds of medals.

[sergey1973]

Thanks Peter, very touching article.

[Lion in Winter]

Wonderful article. Thanks for posting.