Lessons from Compassion - Story

Lessons from Compassion - Story Father Nikolaos had served the small mountain parish for thirty-one years, and he kept a particular icon in the sacristy that no one else could see — not because it was precious, but because it was broken. A crack ran clean through the Theotokos's face, splitting her from forehead to chin. He had dropped it during his first liturgy as a young deacon, terrified and trembling, certain God would never forgive the carelessness.…