O Beloved Orthodoxy!
Our Orthodox faith,
our wealth, and our glory,our stock, our crown,
our pride.
We will never deny you, O beloved Orthodoxy,
nor lie to you, O time-honoured reverence,
nor walk away from you, O mother piety.
We have been born in you, we live in you,
and we will die in you.
If time asks for it,
we will sacrifice ten thousand times our lives for you.
Joseph Vriennios (Spiritual Father of St. Mark of Ephesus)
