Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus Fist w/ Sledgehammer | Smash Your Passions | ICXC NIKA | Christian Ascetic | Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtAvoid making idols either of things or of practices. + St. Macarius of Optina Asceticism is what keeps the "blameless passions" (hunger, the need for sleep, the desire for communion with people, etc.) from becoming blameworthy (gluttony, sloth, lust, etc.). Fr. Stephen De Young, Lord of Spirits: "Samsonite" These eight passions should be destroyed as follows: gluttony by self control unchastity [lust] by desire for God and longing for the blessings

judge the earth

someone says

but the enemy deceiveth me and fights against my soul

privations

So the virgins who had gone to meet him now are sleeping

Little Vespers

the harvest is the end of the world

and Physician of the ailing

this is the truth

when they thought they were in safety on account of the honor and attention of the many

The Antichrist will unite all those who are deceived into thinking he is Christ

all alone with an enemy stronger than myself