ICXC NIKA Celtic Style Equal Armed Cross | Bright Solar Texture | Orthodox Christian Tote BagWhen thou didst behold Him Who is the never setting Sun setting upon the Cross, even He Who shone forth from thy womb and sustaineth the brilliance of the sun, thou didst cry aloud, thy soul weighed down by ten thousand griefs: O Thou Who hast willingly set, Thou shalt shine forth again, for the enlightenment of me and the world! Tone 3 Thursday Vespers: Stichera of the Theotokos

though my reins be consumed within me

is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory

for they know that it is only by turning him from prayer that they can hinder his journey

+ Abba Moses the Strong

Details are scarce but this is what has been handed down to us by Holy Tradition:

Do I at least want to want to pray more

for whom the doctors held out no hope

- Lorica of St Fursey (translated from the original Old Irish by Paul C

the dead smell no worse than those living on earth

- 1 Corinthians 4:10

Meekness is an unchangeable state of mind which remains the same in honor and dishonor

“It is impossible