Remember You Will Die | Photorealistic Green & Gold American Art Deco Aesthetic | Orthodox Christian Art PosterElder Ephraim, The Art of Salvation, excerpted from Only One Thing is Needed: The matter of eternal life should not be taken lightly because, if after a few moments we depart from this life, we will find ourselvesdefinitively and positivelybefore eternity. Is it a game to confront fearsome death? To encounter the demons? To face our criminal recordwhich every man has before Godand to observe all our sins being enumerated in complete detail? To

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Then cometh the end

The iniquitous made holes in Thy hands and feet

but it is our boast

I was a stranger and you welcomed me

like a disease

We have a choice: to follow the way of this world

‘Our bones are dried up

those who are in the West are those who are fighting with the Holy ones

incarnate and suffering for our salvation

But he that shall endure unto the end

takes pity on me and bestows His Grace upon me