Orthodox Christianity: Martial Arts for Unseen Warfare | NIKA Jesus Fist on Colorful Sunburst Design | Orthodox Christian Tote Bag"A battle with evil in my own soul" is a true Christian's fundamental motto, and it is the one true principle, the one sound and reliable foundation on which one can build the well being of humanity. Neither mutual persecution nor oppression for different political convictions, nor the brutal annihilation of dissenting individuals with which modern leaders are occupied, but the destruction of evil in one's own soul is that which is necessary. This is

before the very eyes of the emperor

Christ below me

conquer my horrible devourer

and prayer

Jesus answered them

He did not open the bars of iron

My breath is strange to my wife

tormented: of whom the world was not worthy

and it is wonderful and glorious

Mary went to the tomb alone

the Bible testifies that the soul and the body are two halves of a unit

They decreed that the following hymn should be sung before the holy icon by way of commemoration: