Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus Fist w/ Sledgehammer | Smash Your Passions | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtAvoid making idols either of things or of practices. + St. Macarius of Optina Asceticism is what keeps the "blameless passions" (hunger, the need for sleep, the desire for communion with people, etc.) from becoming blameworthy (gluttony, sloth, lust, etc.). Fr. Stephen De Young, Lord of Spirits: "Samsonite" These eight passions should be destroyed as follows: gluttony by self control unchastity [lust] by desire for God and longing for the blessings

so that I may be strong

the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God

If you’re not fighting

and my tears

The beasts and all the cattle

and the bride out of her closet

So then let us not sleep

The icon gained its title "of Ustyug" from the tradition relating how Saint Procopius of Ustyug (a 13th century German convert to Orthodoxy

and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth

Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds

but from heav­en

But if we hope for what we do not see