Life Insurance No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterThese things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. The Gospel According to John 16: 33 Comprehend, O pitiful soul, that the joy, splendor, and leisure of this age are filled with sadness and grief; but sorrows, deprivation and self disparagement gain unutterable joy and eternal life. + St. Ephraim the Syrian

And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you

My brethren were handsome and tall

let us pray to the Lord

Galatians 6:14

against the lusts of nature

where is thy sting

For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night

then the scales begin to fall off our eyes and once again we begin to see with the eyes of faith

like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble

In both cases human seed was conceived through divine action

then heirs

- Prayer to the Venerable Cross