The Church: On Earth As It Is In Heaven | Lord's Prayer | Ancient Russian Wooden Church Design | Orthodox Christian Canvas ArtThe Church is not a wall and a roof; it is the faithful themselves. The Church is heaven. + St. John Chrysostom The Church is an image of God because it realizes in itself the same union of the faithful that God realizes in Himself between the divine Persons. It is heaven on earth. + St. Maximus the Confessor The Church is the earthly heaven wherein the heavenly God dwells and moves. + St. Symeon the New Theologian The Church is already heaven: where

“O Lord God

the other at the foot

Since it was trampled down by Christ

My brethren were handsome and tall

call a solemn assembly: gather the people

let them vanish

All these good things are given into the hand of their patience for the perfecting of their souls

who is the faithful witness

the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women

Prayer is always possible for everyone

but divinely wrought / in Your ineffable and divine dispensation towards us

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