Haris Skarlakidis

On the Easter of the Christians, on Holy
Saturday, the faithful exit from the place of
the tomb in order to gather around the rock
that is surrounded by railing. From there
they look upon the tomb and all together
they pray and kneel before the Almighty
God, from the morning prayer until the
setting of the sun. The emir and the imam
of the mosque are also present. The sultan
locks the door to the tomb......

Jonathan Samuel Jackson

Into the darkness the Wounded-Light descended; the Immortal Heart of Heaven, traversed deeper and deeper into the realm of
the Absent-Light. His hallowed hands were still raw from the
rust and steel His fallen Image-Bearers had viciously wielded
against Him....

Mary Lowell

What would we tell him
about this son of his old age
we hated for his dreams?
He was seventeen,
his eyes looking up at us
from a hole
in the wilderness......

Paul Kingsnorth

Maria was a simple soul with her heart full of God, and this is why it was necessary that she should be destroyed. This is what Miroslav had been told by his commanding officer. It was not a question of making an example of her, the commanding officer had said. If she had been the last woman in the world, with nobody here to see her die, it would still be necessary that she should be destroyed.........