True Aim of Christian Life is Acquisition of the Holy Spirit | St Seraphim of Sarov IconoGraphic | Orthodox 2-Sided Hoodie"Prayer, fasting, vigil and all the other Christian practices, however good they may be, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life. Although it is true that they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end, the true aim of our Christian life consists of the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, they are the only means of acquiring the

+ St Paisios of Mount Athos

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity

From ancient times God’s chosen of the Old Covenant were instructed in the rites of prayer

and he saw these times that were to be

This our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated even in His own case

the Passover of the Lord

+ St Joseph the Hesychast (Spiritual father to Blessed Elder Ephraim)

who has made a real effort to find the coming Kingdom

"The man who really loves the Lord

or friends

delivered down to us from the seraphim

had they had power through this fear to cast faith out of my soul