A Heart That is Broken and Humbled God Will Not Despise | Cracked Heart with Orthodox Cross | Repentance | Christian Art PosterHave mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Turn Thy face away from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation,

Third Stichera at Lord I Have Cried

presenting symbolically several related themes

against the black laws of heathenism

of His sufferings

A prayer of the sixth hour: “O Christ God

Then Jesus said to His disciples

The skies above open themselves to a different kind of perception

and the icon has since then been associated with the saving of Ustyug

- 1 Corinthians 15:12-28

saying: Despise me not

- Tone 3 Resurrection Troparion

Who saved us