Adoration of Holy Cross IconoGraphic | Striking Red, White, & Black Russian Cross Design w/ Angels | Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtThe Good God provides each of us with a cross to bear analogous to the strength of each not to punish us, but to enable us to climb from that cross to Heaven because in essence, the cross is a ladder to Heaven. + St. Paisios of Mount Athos This design is an edit of a modern rendition the Adoration of the Holy Cross icon of the Novgorod school.

If what was vitally necessary had not been revealed at all

- 1 Cor 3:13

He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death

- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

this clearly demonstrates the significance of good deeds for salvation [c

Then the partial joy and glory which souls know even now in heaven will be replaced by the fullness of joy of the new creation for which man was made

that inner thoughts can be controlled without the control of the body

if it is possible

but how many of us will still be in it

you did not do it to me

The physical sun does not illumine that day but the true light

so it is written