We Are Sons and Daughters of the End of the World (Royal Martyrs of Russia) No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Cotton Tank TopThe end of the world is inseparable from what it means to love, and to be loved. The Church, the Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ, has been living in the last days for 2000 years. From the Final Exam lovingly provided in advance by the Lord Himself (the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats in Matthew 25: 31 46), to St Peter's warning that "the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer" (1 Peter 4: 7), to the

Have you not been praying

O Theotokos and Virgin

rapt in the bliss of manifold blessed contemplations

healing them in the name of Jesus Christ

but he would not agree to this

and behind them a flame burns

- Numbers 21:8-9

to repay every one for what he has done

and saw the naked bones

Turn to deeds worthy of praise

and yet we won the victory

is manifest in the veneration of the martyr as a healer