Dead to This World Alive to the Next | Glowing Gold Cross Red Cityscape | Orthodox Christian HoodieWhoever keeps death (the inevitable destiny of each person) and eternity before his eyes will laugh at both the sorrows and sweetness of this world. He whose memory of death and eternity is stolen by the enemy will have his temporal life grow into eternal life and his sorrows multiply into countless, irresistible giants. + St Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

like the Church

dearly beloved

noble and humble

" There is this life of the body

and never will be

The one who knows God will follow the Lord's footsteps

The Lord began His sermon thus: The time is fulfilled

she grabbed it and began to beat Satan on the head with it

buying up every opportunity

” based on the account from Genesis of the “three men” (three angels) who visited Abraham and Sarah at the Oak of Mamre

in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise

Who art in the heavens [Greek οὐρανοῖς ouranois: plural]