I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Art PosterI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

Turn Thy face away from my sins

sometimes shows the deepest calmness

who also maketh intercession for us

He did not open the bars of iron

Against craft of idolatry

even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish

17 A sacrifice unto God is a broken spirit

and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down

the reasoning soul keeps these impressions

those who touch believe

for He spake

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the resurrection