Stained Glass Cross Design No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtGod does not create a cross for man. No matter how heavy a cross a man may carry in life, it is still just wood, from which man himself made, and it always grows from the soil of his heart. Elder Ambrose of Optina

“Greater love has no man than this

and from the seven spirits before his throne

Now we are alive

and then in 1929 it was moved to the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

Therefore the Lord says

with a readiness to serve Him

Herman of Alaska

Sacramental and self-sacrificial living are what prepares a person for the Paraousia - for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ - and for the Paradise which will follow it

The saint tried to convince the town's citizens to repent

I went forth to meet the invader

the brightness of the sun

save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ