In This Sign Ye Shall Conquer | In Hoc Signo Vinces | ICXC NIKA | Red Ornate Orthodox Cross | Jesus Christ Conquers | Christian Black MugLet God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; and let those who hate Him flee from His face. As smoke vanishes, let them vanish; and as wax melts from the presence of fire, so let the demons perish from the presence of those who love God and who sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross and say with gladness: Rejoice, most precious and life giving Cross of the Lord, for Thou drivest away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ Who was

filled with Angelic might

My kinsfolk have failed

saying unto me

And one of the elders answered

+ St Hesychios The Priest

I may prepare provisions and not repent at the end of my life to no avail

with all the hosts of Heaven

For Thou dost dispense to all light

and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn

Our mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it

I do absolutely nothing and am entirely leprous with passions

and terrible unto adversaries