Lifestyle is Deathstyle No. 2 | Orthodox Christian Accessory | Hardcover JournalIn the Holy Scripture conscience is also called heart. In the Sermon on the mount, the Lord Jesus Christ compared conscience to the eyes by which a person can evaluate his moral condition (Matt. 6: 22). The Lord also compared conscience to a rival with whom a person must come to terms before he presents himself at Gods Judgment (Matt. 5: 25). The word rival stresses the main attribute of conscience: to oppose our evil desires and intentions. Our

- Exapostilarion of the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross

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

This is com­pletely opposite to what people usu­ally think and feel

make peace with the end of time:

who is really mindful of eternal torment and judgment

but rather makes the dead to live

He led a monastic life as best he could within the confines of the world

” As long as there is light

Forsaking the other doctors

that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent

so is each man’s flesh dissolved at death

who are sinners all