Orthodoxy Definition: Trampling Down Death By Death | Christ is King | Memento Mori | Pascha | Minimalist Christian Distressed Embroidered CapThe gates of death opened unto Thee in fear O Lord, and the gate keepers of Hades were terrified at the sight of Thee, for Thou hast smashed the gates of brass, and crushed the bars of iron to powder, leading us out of the darkness and shadow of death rending asunder our bonds. Tone 2, Resurrection Great Vespers, Lord I Have Cried

entombing the Source of Life

two ways of life for those who believe in Him—the path or the life that leads to salvation

according to the logic of their respective domains

never measure it by merely human standards or expect it to be logical or comprehensible to those who understand nothing higher than what is human

Pantoleon began to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to revive the dead child and to destroy the venomous reptile

When they beheld the angel seated on the stone

// For we have thee as a mighty warrior and intercessor for our souls

Just as in the beginning it contradicted the conscience in everything

- Revelation 7:13-14

5 For behold

We reverently buried him in the cemetery near the fort and after some days we looked for his holy relics

naked and you did not clothe me