Orthodox devotion 2025-09-19T01:21:31Z
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Rain lashed against the bus shelter like God was furious with the world, or maybe just with me. My knuckles were white around the suitcase handle, midnight in a foreign city where the last train had left without me. Every shadow felt like a threat, every passing car headlight a judgment. That's when the shaking started – not from cold, but from the crushing weight of being utterly, dangerously alone. I fumbled with my phone, fingers slipping on wet glass, needing something deeper than Google Map
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That Siberian wind howling through my apartment cracks felt like divine judgment when my alarm blared at 4:30 AM. Frozen toes curling on creaking floorboards, I fumbled for the glowing rectangle charging near my prayer corner. Litourgia’s Byzantine-blue interface materialized like a life raft – three taps and suddenly I was holding a vibrating monastery in my shivering hands. The app didn’t just display texts; it breathed liturgical time into existence. As Psalter verses scrolled upward in Churc