Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus Fist w/ Sledgehammer | Smash Your Passions | Orthodox Christian Art PosterAvoid making idols either of things or of practices. + St. Macarius of Optina Asceticism is what keeps the "blameless passions" (hunger, the need for sleep, the desire for communion with people, etc.) from becoming blameworthy (gluttony, sloth, lust, etc.). Fr. Stephen De Young, Lord of Spirits: "Samsonite" These eight passions should be destroyed as follows: gluttony by self control unchastity [lust] by desire for God and longing for the blessings

” referring to the direction from which the sun resurrects daily

You only see how much you are wounded

to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever

where is thy victory [1 Cor 15

the field of battle

Before them peoples are in anguish

into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels

and then we shall no longer be able to work for our soul

for those who are with us are many

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you

dark matter

the moon beneath her feet