Alpha & Omega No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterAnd He said unto me, 'It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son. Revelation 21: 6 8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4: 7 Asceticism is the practice of self denial (i. e., control of one's passions and base

Monday Vespers Aposticha

This is com­pletely opposite to what people usu­ally think and feel

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me

and be satisfied

and to seal his eternal fate either in the heights of Heaven or the depths of hell

He so loved me as to give Himself up to a curse for me

“And I cannot be silent about the story of Hesychius the Horebite

which is the Body of Christ on earth

I will open your graves and raise you from your graves

' So is he who lays up treasure for himself

and St Procopius himself prayed in front of the icon of the Annunciation

from whence then hath it tares