Fear Not Those Who Kill the Body No.1: Frame 2 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterDo not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10: 28 Do you see how again He does not promise [the apostles] deliverance from death, but permits them to die, granting them more than if He had not allowed them to suffer it? Because deliverance from death is not near so great as persuading men to despise death. You see now, He does not push them into dangers,

the firmness of rocks

Second Sessional Hymn after the First Reading from the Psalter

and from earth to heaven Christ our God has passed us who sing the 𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

John of Shanghai and San Francisco

have mercy on me

as the world sees things

with a readiness to serve Him

and watch unto prayer

on my knees

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

I will come again and receive you to Myself

𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲