To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Philippians 1:21) | Skull with Cross on Gold Manuscript Texture | Orthodox Christian Art PosterEven in dying, he means, I will not have died, for I have life in myself as long as Christ is with me, even though death may overtake me, still I live, and in this present life, not this, but Christ is my life That life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, so I say in that state also, "I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2: 20). Such ought a Christian to be! The word "life" is very significant, beloved, as also is the word

“Forgive me

but unworthy is he whom He shall find in slothfulness

to impale on the cross

For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome

+ St Romanos the Melodist

Homily 3 on Philippians 1

For hear what he says

A prayer of the ninth hour: “O Christ God

our souls are reborn and made better by the first coming of Christ

for driving away all enemies

He had been bitten by a great snake

’ says the Lord