<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358669" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A procession of priests and laymen—<br>each walk of life represented—<br>moves through streets, squares, and gates<br>of the famous city, Antioch.<br>At the head of this imposing procession<br>a handsome white-clad boy<br>carries the Cross, his arms raised—<br>our strength and hope, the holy Cross.<br>The pagans, lately so full of arrogance,<br>now reticent and cowardly,<br>quickly slink away from the procession.<br>Let them keep their distance, always keep their distance from us<br>(as long as they do not renounce their errors).<br>The holy Cross goes forward; it brings joy and consolation<br>to every quarter where Christians live;<br>and these God-fearing people, elated,<br>stand in their doorways and greet it reverently,<br>the strength, the salvation of the universe, the Cross.<br> <br> <br>This is an annual Christian festival.<br>But today, you see, it is more conspicuous.<br>The empire is delivered at last.<br>The vile, the appalling Julian<br>reigns no longer.<br> <br>For most pious Jovian let us give our prayers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Constantine+P.+Cavafy">Constantine P. Cavafy</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358669" data-title="A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="A procession of priests and laymen— each walk of life represented— moves through streets, squares, and gates of the famous city, Antioch. At the head of this imposing procession a handsome white-clad boy carries the Cross, his arms raised— o..."></div> </div> </div>

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