Kindly Notify the Adverse Powers | I am Crucified with Christ (Gal 2:20) | NIKA Fist | Orthodox Christian Cotton Canvas Tote BagO 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

to the ‘way’ and the ‘truth’—the paths of active virtue and divine contemplation—the Lord adds ‘life

which accused them before our God day and night

+ St Kosmas Aitolos

if thou hast taken him

rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice

so far as I know

Hermippus and Hermocrates

and which is to come

and cover you with skin

For the day is not sufficient to repay in full its own debt to the Lord

but you have not the strength to do so because of your temperament

in the excellence of their natures and energies