From #Byzantium's gilded dome,
A faith, a family, found its home.
Through icons watched, a child's first prayer,
A heritage beyond compare.

The councils spoke, a guiding light,
Through ages dark, and endless night.
A mother's tears, a father's hand,
Protecting faith in foreign land.

The liturgy, a sacred dance,
Ancestral echoes, future chance.
My children kneel, where saints have trod,
A living link, to holy #God.

From schism's wound, a heart still bleeds,
Yet hope remains, fulfills our needs.
One Church, unbroken, ever true,
Passed down to me, passed down to you.

#OrthodoxWay #Fatherhood