The Sacred Journey :Mary of Ephesus ( The Virgin Mary) in both English and Turkish

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…Joseph’s grip on the donkey’s reins tightened. He saw the cluster of buildings, the smoke rising from countless hearths, the sheer press of humanity. His heart sank. For a woman in Mary’s condition, for a birth that was both divinely ordained and imminently imminent, finding a place of peace, of sanctuary, within such a throng would be a challenge of unimaginable proportions. The decree had brought them here, to this prophesied place, but the reality of the crowded town loomed before them, a formidable obstacle on the cusp of their greatest trial. The journey had been hard, but the true test, Joseph sensed, was only just beginning.