The Present Day As the Last Day of Our Life | St John Climacus | Skull with Red Orthodox Cross | Memento Mori | Heavyweight Cotton Unisex TeeIt is impossible, someone says, impossible to spend the present day devoutly unless we regard it as the last of our whole life. And it is truly astonishing how even the pagans have said something of the sort, since they define philosophy as meditation on death. + St John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 6: On the Remembrance of Death, section 24 +++ Even the Pagans Meditated on Death An Example of "Logos Spermatikos" The Phaedo of Plato

“And in this holy city neither sun nor moon nor stars will shine

- Exodus 3:14

give rest to those whom Thou hast chosen

- St Dionysius the Areopagite

Then if anyone says to you

but the angels are ever near to protect and guide us

"The whole world—angels

he then believed in Christ and was baptized by Saint Hermolaus together with the man whose sight was restored

he immediately went out

O Theotokos

“With men this is impossible

as was said above