Red ICXC NIKA Enniskillen Celtic Cross | Lorica of St. Patrick | Shield Prayer | Orthodox Christian Jersey Tank TopI arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial, Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension, Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom. I arise today Through the strength of

The time of death is terrifying

let us ask Christ to give rest to the departed and to grant our souls great mercy

+ St John Chrysostom

Blessed art thou amongst women

Rublev was inspired to make explicit the Trinitarian content of that fateful encounter with the Venerable Patriarch and his wife

For he must reign

I will keep thy statutes

and unto the ages of ages

Forsaking the other doctors

and every one of us must give an account of himself to the Judge

saying: Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field

against the world rulers of this darkness