Saint Sergius of Radonezh. Vision of birds by Efoshkin Sergey

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Saint Sergius of Radonezh. Vision of birds by Efoshkin Sergey
Mourning of Bacchus.
This here is more tragic story than Romeo and Juliet. Why are there no movies about them? Sure their relationship might have been completely platonic (and they were rome mates) but the LOVE, the commitment, the tragic end!
Meanwhile the blessed Serge, deeply depressed and heartsick over the loss of Bacchus, wept and cried out, "No longer, brother and fellow soldier, will we chant together, 'Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!' You have been unyoked from me and gone up to heaven, leaving me alone on earth, bereft [literally, "made single"], without comfort." After he uttered these things, the same night the blessed Bacchus suddenly appeared to him with a face as radiant as an angel's, wearing an officer's uniform, and spoke to him. "Why do you grieve and mourn, brother? If I have been taken from you in body, I am still with you in the bond of union, chanting and reciting, 'I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast enlarged my heart.' Hurry then, yourself, brother, through beautiful and perfect confession to pursue and obtain me, when finishing the course. For the crown of justice for me is with you.''
Saint Sergius
Coptic Cairo
Egypt
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The Holy Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra Monastery is the largest monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Region, RUSSIA
Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus
“Antiochus could not convince [Sergius and Bacchus] to give up their faith, however, and Bacchus was beaten to death. The next day Bacchus' spirit appeared to Sergius and encouraged him to remain strong so they could be together forever.”
Saint Sergius and Bacchus
Metropolitans Peter, Alexiy, and Jonah with St. Sergius of Radonezh and Tsarevich Dimitry.
Napkin. Studio of Anna Ivanonovna Stroganova. 1639.
Coptic Church of Saint Sergius
Cairo/ Egypt
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