Social Media No. 2 (Prayer Rope) | Orthodox Christian Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtSome brothers told of how they once went to visit some gerondas, and after the customary greetings and prayers they sat down to talk. And when they were about to depart after their talk, they asked if they could say a farewell prayer. One of the gerondas then asked them, "What? Have you not been praying?" "Yes," they replied, "but the prayers were said when we arrived. Since then we have been talking right up to this minute." And the geronda said,

It toys with everyone like a cat plays with mice

and the bones came together

the firstborn from the dead

For God has not destined us for wrath

- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

and we sacrifice all our activity to the world without concerning ourselves in the least either about the fearful transition to eternity or about our fate in eternity

For my heart was full of unclean thoughts

when thou art brought to judgment

Are you not afraid of death

I felt the need to shout them forth and cast them away from me

This design is based on a 14th century Serbian icon

26): destruction ran before him (Job 41