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St. Porphyrius the Kafsokalyvite,
acrylic on canvas, 2021
This Athonite hesy- chast,who dwelled in the heart of the city understood love as it was revealed by the incarnation of Christ: not as a costless feel- ing, but as a participa- tion in the suffering of the other. “You should love and experience pain for one you love.”