I Am The Alpha + The Omega, The Beginning + The End (Rev 1:8) | Christ's Face In Red Cross Icono-Graphic | Lightweight Cotton Unisex TeeThis is another name for God. As we said earlier, God has very many names precisely because He has no name. It is impossible to define God with one name. When man gives an entity a name, it is to describe or define, so when we name something we give it certain boundaries or limits. However God is without boundaries. "I Am Who I Am" (Exodus 3: 14) was God's answer when Moses asked Him about His name on Mount Sinai. Moses wanted a name to take back to

- St Isaiah the Solitary

so that you may be mature and complete

Death is altogether annihilated

bowl of nectar

Until you leave this world

“Spat upon and smitten on the cheek

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

The words of this troparion are composed mostly of the words of greeting spoken by the archangel to the Mother of God

Tears put out the burning flames — the falling Devil cannot endure her goodness

Ignatius of Antioch

is now come

This is why humility and the striving towards God are the fundamental virtues of a Christian