Poems
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This article presents a selection of poems by Pantelis B. Paschos, translated from Greek by Charles Astruc and drawn from the collection *I thiella kai gnophos* (The Storm and the Darkness, Athens, 1966). The approach is that of poetic creation with theological resonance, oscillating between existential anguish and paschal celebration. The four poems explore fundamental themes of Orthodox spirituality: the separation of the soul from divine Grace, the apophatic theology of mystical darkness, monastic meditation on death and vanity, and finally the vocation of the poet as an act of resistance to death. The contribution of these texts lies in their capacity to articulate, through poetic language, precise theological categories — kenosis of knowledge, knowing through unknowing, eschatological hope — without reducing them to doctrinal discourse.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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