It's Later Than You Think | Fr Seraphim Rose Quote in Yellow Halo | Modern American Orthodox Christian Saint | Orthodox Christian Black MugAre you not afraid of death, which we shall all face in a little while? How are we to look on the fearsome angels, as they come to take us from the body? How are we to journey on that long and unending road, if we have not obtained the necessities for the journey? + St Theodore the Studite

the first and the last

like all other blessings

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

For the reason of our reciting this confession of God

the need to be born will pass away

impossible to spend the present day devoutly unless we regard it as the last of our whole life

most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord

the ministers of the Lord

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But the praise of Heaven is eternal

do not trust the flesh

on him God has mercy