Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever

In suffering, there is Christ, just as in laziness dwells the spirit of the devil. In all the tragic trials he endured, my elder Joseph strongly felt the presence of Christ. While in others, the approach of death brings trembling and fear, he remained in divine longing. What a wonder! Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8).

+ Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona