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They did not talk, not because they hated conversation, but because they wanted to listen intently to the voice of God in silence; they did not dislike eating, but were feeding on the Word of God so that they did not have room for earthly food or time to bother with it; they did not avoid company because it bored them, but, as one of them said, ‘I cannot be with you and with God.’ It was not a dislike of sleep that made them keep vigil, but an eager and longing attitude of waiting for the coming of Christ.

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

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Monks Walk To The Mountain Monastery of Athos, 1905 Art by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi

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Istanbul 2023

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Temple of Saint Sava, Belgrade 1981.

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Neo-Folk, Serbia.

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Serbian army in Russia during Russian Civil war, 1919.

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Serbian Orthodox print "Proceedings for travelers" from 1547. Printed by Vićentije Vuković.

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ted kaczynski's .22-caliber rifle, bolt-action remington model 700 rifle, and MP-25 pocket handgun.

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Austro-Hungarian troops killing civilian Serbs in the aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary, 1914

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St. Sava in Belgrade, Serbia.

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A woman moving to another village takes with her the bones of her dead son, decorated with marigolds, the native mourning flower, Balkan Front, June 1916.

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𝙵𝚢𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝙳𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚟𝚜𝚔𝚢, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚘𝚟 (𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟶)

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A Greek soldier saluting the colours of a newly arrived Serbian Army regiment as they march to camp at Mikra near Salonika after arriving from Corfu in mid April 1916.