Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus Fist w/ Sledgehammer | Smash Your Passions | ICXC NIKA | Christian Asceticism | Orthodox Christian Wall ArtAvoid 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

"Everything in this life passes away — only God remains

though my reins be consumed within me

They went separately on Friday evening to their own homes

It is as easy to run from vice and choose virtue as it is to cast off one garment and put on another

the Passover of the Lord

there is the life of sin

conscience

the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force

Know now that God hath overthrown me

Do you always have a book of Holy Fathers that you are reading and can turn to in a moment of gloom

The Chi Rho is a “Christogram

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God: for pulling down strongholds