Kindly Notify the Adverse Powers | I am Crucified with Christ (Gal 2:20) | NIKA Fist | Orthodox Christian Custom Blue Denim JacketO Lord and Master, Who created man in Thine own likeness, and bestowed upon him the power of life eternal; Who also despisest not those who have fallen away through sin, but providest salvation for the world through the incarnation of Thy Christ; Do Thou, the same Lord, delivering also this Thy creature from the bondage of the enemy, receive him (her) into Thy heavenly Kingdom. Open the eyes of his (her) understanding, that the illumination of Thy

but defend me now with their strong shields and that the heavenly army advance before me:

The Pure Soul icon thus associates the soul of the penitent Christian with the "Apocalypic Woman" seen in St John's vision

The original Hebrew replaces “sound” with “[measuring] line” (Hebrew lemma: “qav”) which is how it’s translated in the King James (and how I’ve chosen to show it here)

they saw the angels and the saints sent from heaven to accompany the souls of the righteous

Watch and pray

Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord

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

Shoutout to Gustave Doré for the use of his artwork depicting the slaying of Goliath by the future King David

And I John saw the holy city

excess of wine

with twain he covered his face

deigned to go into the most pure womb of the Ever-Virgin