PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the hidden grief of institutional rupture “The heart that has truly begun to see itself has no tears sufficient for its mourning.” — Isaac the Syrian There are losses in life that the world recognizes. A man dies. A bell is rung. A coffin is carried. The community gathers. Prayers are said. The living are permitted to grieve. But there are other deaths for which no bell is rung. A man loses the structure that held his life. The institution that shaped his identity dissolve