To Thee the Champion Leader | Mother of God | Theotokos with Sword IconoGraphic | Heavyweight Cotton Unisex Orthodox T-ShirtTo thee, the Champion Leader, we thy servants dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos: but as thou art one with might which is invincible, from all dangers that can be do thou deliver us, that we may cry to thee: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! A Prince of the Angels was sent from Heaven to say to the Theotokos, Rejoice! And seeing Thee, O Lord, take bodily form at the sound of his bodiless voice,

On The Celestial Hierarchy

Acquire an inseparable wife—the remembrance of death

when ye be buffeted for your faults

Lifted up upon the Cross

This our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated even in His own case

against the attraction of sin

full of grace

he humbled himself     by becoming obedient to the point of death

textured emblem sits over the heart — subtle but deliberate — giving the shirt quiet meaning without shouting for attention

Thus our Redeemer underwent death

" For there is nothing firm and secure

- Akathist to the Spiritual Ladder