Joanna ☦️

Eastern Orthodox

[Joanna ☦️ @joannadoxx]

No one could describe the Word of the Father; / but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described, / and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it to divine beauty. / We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and images.

[Joanna ☦️ @joannadoxx]

Great are the accomplishments of faith, / the Holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced in the flames as though at the water of rest, / for having been made a whole-burnt offering in the fire, / offered to the Trinity as a sweet loaf. / By his prayers, O Christ God, save our souls!

[Joanna ☦️ @joannadoxx]

Saint Paul the Simple of Egypt lived in the fourth century and was called the Simple for his simplicity of heart and gentleness. He had been married, but when he discovered his wife’s infidelity, he left her and went into the desert to Saint Anthony the Great

[Joanna ☦️ @joannadoxx]

The Holy Empress Helen uncovered the Precious Cross and Nails of the Lord at Jerusalem in 326.

[Joanna ☦️ @joannadoxx]

We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.