Life is Spiritual Warfare | St Kosmas of Aetolia | Gustave Dore | David & Goliath | Unseen Warfare | Orthodox Midweight Cotton Unisex TeeLife is spiritual warfare. If youre not fighting, youre losing. + St. Kosmas of Aetolia +++ Psalm 151 I was the smallest among my brethren, and the youngest in the house of my father. My hands made an instrument, and my fingers fashioned a psaltery. And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord Himself, He Himself shall hearken. He sent forth His angel and took me from the flocks of my father, and anointed me with the oil of His anointing. My brethren were

May the all-compassionate God be merciful to my wretched soul

‘You are gods

run to the church and start to pray

Dying to ourselves means being content with the necessities of life

that a man lay down his life for his friends

- Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen)

-  Tone 2

put up with the onset of brigands and wiles of pirates)

The flesh desires against the Spirit

Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh

enabling us to also help create peace around us