To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Philippians 1:21) | Skull with Cross on Gold Manuscript Texture | Orthodox Christian Midweight Cotton Unisex TeeEven in dying, he means, I will not have died, for I have life in myself as long as Christ is with me, even though death may overtake me, still I live, and in this present life, not this, but Christ is my life That life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, so I say in that state also, "I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2: 20). Such ought a Christian to be! The word "life" is very significant, beloved, as also is the word

his own father

We will not be able to look at the Lord in the eyes

and from lesser virtue to greater

- Father Thomas Hopko

the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God

Forgive me

They went and said nothing to anyone

just as I was victorious and sat down with My Father on His throne

/ and by the power of Thy Cross / do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth

"Samson Slays a Lion

By order of the emperor they brought the Great Martyr Panteleimon to the circus to be devoured by wild beasts

16 For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice