I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Hooded ShirtI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

and thou water that art above the heavens

+ St Paisios of Mount Athos

One must marvel: it is written simply

and granting the world great mercy

+ Abba Isaiah

" that is a separate one for each person

12 Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation

O most eminent Michael

He was despised

thou knowest this

so that this Holy Spirit might be

that the mouth of Death might henceforth be stopped