Resist (Orthodoxy Against the World) No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Accessory | Hardcover JournalApostasy is permitted by God; do not attempt to stop it with your powerless hand. Flee from it yourself, protect yourself from it; that is enough for you to do. Learn to recognize the spirit of the age, study it, so whenever possible you will be able to avoid its influence Only God's special mercy is able to stop this all destroying moral epidemic, to stop it for a while, because it is necessary that everything foretold by the Scriptures happen. + St

- Troparion of Transfiguration

O Theotokos: but as thou art one with might which is invincible

+ St Irenaeus

The matter of eternal life should not be taken lightly because

The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately

They march each on his way

our tenderly compassionate Father does not take away their temptations from them when it is His pleasure to ‘make for them a way to escape’ (1 Cor

your works are wonderful

protect yourself from it

which is unstable and not very safe

Let none ask man: let each return to his own heart: if he find there brotherly love

We are fools for Christ's sake