Aug252020
A Feast without pilgrims
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 at 8:50 pm by ErkinThis year the Feast was without pilgrims. The quarantine, the checkpoints between the cities, and the archeparchy asked pilgrims to stay at home. Only the people of the city on the hill, standing apart, in masks. Mar Ephrem blessed from the steps to a half-empty square. The bells sounded louder somehow.
The guest house is empty since March. The patent we paid. Mama says: in 1992 it was worse, and in 2007 it was worse. She is always right.