Death is Swallowed Up In Victory No. 3 (Dark Design) | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtSo when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Corinthians 15: 54 For man is by nature afraid of death and of the dissolution of the body. But there is this most startling fact, that he who has put on the faith of the cross despises even what is naturally fearful and for Christs sake is not afraid of

the perfect liberation of both your soul and body together

No one understood me

My brethren were handsome and tall

NIKA (Νικᾷ) is Greek for "conquers" or "is victorious

/ lest thou be given over to death/ and shut out from the Kingdom

this sympathy with present things

not a true Orthodox icon

(Revelation 12:1) It’s clear the author of this icon had these verses in mind

Do we have the confidence

He hath set an ordinance

or stifles all this by a life according to the fallen man

Maximus the Confessor