The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed is Death (1 Cor 15:26) | Earthtone Skull and Floral Design | Resurrection | Orthodox Christian Canvas Artit is necessary for Him to reign until He may have put all the enemies under His feet. The last enemy is done away withdeath. 1 Corinthians 15: 25 26 (Literal Standard Version) O Jesus Conqueror, look into my passionate soul; free her from the bonds of weakness and blindness; teach her of Thy victory over death on earth, and of Thy life above the angels in heaven, that my soul be rejuvenated with joy and thrilled by the song: Glory to Thee, O Lord.

- Archbishop AVERKY (Taushev)

it is the faithful themselves

The Pure Soul icon thus associates the soul of the penitent Christian with the "Apocalypic Woman" seen in St John's vision

Christ explains that the narrow and sorrowful path of life preached by Him has as its natural end eternal joy

“And I cannot be silent about the story of Hesychius the Horebite

It is hidden in the world

As far as the east is from the west

it's because the icon depicts the Annunciation

then acquired by Algirdas Gediminas

For He hath put all things under his feet

then we abandon not only unceasing prayer but even the prayers appointed for definite times—we begin to scorn this essential and indispensable occupation as if it were an activity of little importance and little needed

by whom He made all things