Holy Boldness

Holy Boldness

Out of divine love is born holy boldness. Thus, a handful of apostles, initially faint-hearted, were afterward filled with courage upon the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them, and they entered into spiritual battle against the entire world. And almost all of them were granted a martyr's end. Beautiful are the words spoken by the Apostle Andrew to the proconsul Aegeates, who threatened to crucify him: "If I had feared the cross, I would not have preached it." And he was crucified. While hanging on the cross, he glorified the crucified death of Christ the Lord.

+ St. Sophrony Sakharov

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