ICXC NIKA Celtic Style Equal Armed Cross | Bright Solar Texture | Orthodox Christian Blue Denim JacketWhen thou didst behold Him Who is the never setting Sun setting upon the Cross, even He Who shone forth from thy womb and sustaineth the brilliance of the sun, thou didst cry aloud, thy soul weighed down by ten thousand griefs: O Thou Who hast willingly set, Thou shalt shine forth again, for the enlightenment of me and the world! Tone 3 Thursday Vespers: Stichera of the Theotokos

we look not at the things which are seen

a day of ruin and devastation

but who ever is still tied to the world does not cease plotting against himself

quoted by Christ of Himself (Revelation 1:8

I shall again have to run my race

and the last first

lest the dread axe of death find thee barren and

I am the living bread which came down from heaven

but death remained

and from Israel

vigil and all the other Christian practices

Thou hast condemned him to return again unto the earth when he was taken