Life is Spiritual Warfare No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterLife is spiritual warfare. If youre not fighting, youre losing. + St Kosmas of Aetolia Psalm 151 I was the smallest among my brethren, and the youngest in the house of my father. My hands made an instrument, and my fingers fashioned a psaltery. And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord Himself, He Himself shall hearken. He sent forth His angel and took me from the flocks of my father, and anointed me with the oil of His anointing. My brethren were handsome

new Jerusalem

coming into being simultaneously

Let us patiently endure the sorrows of life

and the elements shall melt with fervent heat

and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines

but let us keep awake and be sober

to the power of Thy Cross

From death I redeem them

the stability of the earth

and they showed themselves in the form of phantoms which were in fighting attitudes

The Lord Himself

For those who sleep