Adult Orphans

Old Greek Orthodox Orphanage in Buyukada Island. Istanbul, Turkey.

From Orphanage to Orphan Age

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” —

Grass weed with yellow dandelion flowers growing through sidewalk crack on city street. Road

Deprived Soils

They learned early how to read silence,
how to measure danger in the flicker of an eye,
how to become small enough to survive
but wide enough to absorb the ache of a house that never felt like home.

Old Greek Orthodox Orphanage in Buyukada Island. Istanbul, Turkey.

From Orphanage to Orphan Age

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” —

Grass weed with yellow dandelion flowers growing through sidewalk crack on city street. Road

Deprived Soils

They learned early how to read silence,
how to measure danger in the flicker of an eye,
how to become small enough to survive
but wide enough to absorb the ache of a house that never felt like home.

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