12/23/2010
L. N. Pogozheva
On the feast day of St. Joasaph of Belgorod, we are pleased to published another English translation of a poem by L. N. Pogozheva on the repose of St. Joasaph.
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The Queen of Heaven is particularly close to children who call upon her. She loves and helps them. Once the father of the holy Russian hierarch Joasaph of Belgorod was sitting on his porch at sunset pondering on what awaited his son when he grew up and finished his studies. Suddenly he saw the Mother of God in the air and his son on his knees, praying at Her feet. Then he heard her say to Joasaph, "Your prayer is enough for me," and from the heights an angel flew down and cloaked the youth in a bishop's mantle.
