Our Warfare is the Make the Dead to Live (St. John Chrysostom) | Orthodox Cross, Flowers, & Skull | Orthodox Christian Art PosterPriesthood is authority, but it is authority of word and conviction. This is the distinctive mark of Christian power. Kings compel, and pastors convince. The former act by orders, the latter by exhortations. Pastors appeal to human freedom, to human will and call for decisions. As Chrysostom used to say himself, We have to accomplish the salvation of men by word, meekness, and exhortation. The whole meaning of human life for Chrysostom was in that it

- Akathist to Archangel Michael

Everything in this life passes away — only God remains

but with God all things are possible

"Like the one who fell among thieves and was wounded

the icon was transferred from the Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom) Cathedral in Novgorod to Moscow by Ivan the Terrible: first

" This Peter said

and said to the disciples

as long as Christ is with me

” since it is the most exact expression of the Lord’s teaching and a forcible* emulation of the way of life that Christ led during His earthly life

self-denial

the site where the fight actually takes place is our own heart and all our inner man

of the Faith of the Trinity in Unity