“преобразился пред ними: и просияло лице Его, как солнце, одежды же Его сделались белыми, как свет

“If the nature which He received had not had a human mind, then the one who entered into battle with the devil was God Himself; and it was therefore God Who gained the victory. But if God was victorious, then I, who did not participate in this victory at all, do not receive any benefit from it. Therefore I cannot rejoice over it, for I would then be boasting of someone else’s trophies.

Saint Cyril of Alexandria ›

Holy Father of the Church

Direct quote

“The Panagia thus reveals that the ultimate destiny of the human person is not merely moral improvement, but deification—the participation, by grace, in the life of God,

“τὸ πανάσπιλο σῶμα της τὸ δέχθηκε γιὰ λίγο ὁ τάφος, προσδοκοῦσε ὅμως καὶ ὁ Οὐρανὸς αὐτὸ τὸ πνευματικὸ σῶμα, τὴν καινὴ γῆ, τὸν θησαυρὸ τῆς δικῆς μας ζωῆς, τὸ τιμιώτερο ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀγγέλους, τὸ ἁγιώτερο ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀρχαγγέλους. Αποδόθηκε, λοιπόν, ὁ θρόνος στὸν Βασιλέα, ὁ παράδεισος στὸ ξύλο τῆς ζωῆς, ὁ δίσκος στὸ φῶς, στὸν καρπὸ τὸ δένδρο, ἡ Μητέρα στὸν Υἱό, ὡς ἄξια καθ’ ὅλα ἀντιπρόσωπος τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου γένους

“Who, he said, remained unshaken in His love for humanity even while facing hatred and mockery on the Cross

“the shining-forth of the glory of God the Father

“Ὢ τοῦ παραδόξου θαύματος! ἡ πηγὴ τῆς ζωῆς, ἐν μνημείῳ τίθεται, καὶ κλῖμαξ πρὸς οὐρανόν, ὁ τάφος γίνεται

“satanophany