My Kingdom is Not of This World (John 18:36) | Bold Red, Yellow & Black Textured Design with Icon Motifs | Orthodox Long Sleeve Hooded ShirtAnd now behold the king whom ye have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you. If ye should fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and ye and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, [it is] well. But if ye should not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and ye should resist the mouth of the Lord, then [with wrath] shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king. 1

+ St Paisios of Mount Athos

so do words of teaching

or out of the body I do not know

Source: Life of the Great Martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch

and flesh had come upon them

saith the Lord

When we forget about death

the God-Man Jesus Christ

All three confessed their faith in the Savior and were beheaded (July 26)

But since we belong to the day

“No matter how small the passions may seem

due to her youth and the utter ferocity of her struggle for her Crucified Lord