Kingdom Come | Lord's Prayer | Orthodox Cross with Vine | Textured Gothic Font | Orthodox Christian Jean JacketOur mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it. When we forget about death, then we begin to live on earth as if were were immortal, and we sacrifice all our activity to the world without concerning ourselves in the least either about the fearful transition to eternity or about our fate in eternity. Then we boldly and peremptorily override the commandments of Christ; then we

in the tender compassion of Thy mercy

Theophan the Recluse

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‘to him who is meek and quiet and trembles at my word’ (Is 66

I am Christ

without false appearances [schema]

/ and ask forgiveness of our transgressions

In a place of green pasture

in which dwell powers and angels and archangels

- Romans 14:11

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it

and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners