Commissar

By time I'm 30, I'll either be married, missing/killed in action, or a monk; no exceptions

My Biblically gorgeous girlfriend made this meme after I told her I want to get her a new hat (they look lovely on her and she deserves it and more).

"Then Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life." — Judges 16:30 ☦️

"One man of you shall rout a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you." — Joshua 23:10 ☦️

"Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation." — Psalm 27:9 ☦️

ТРИСТА ТРИДЦАТЬ ТРИ

THE BAR BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID

May God rebuke him we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander the earth seeking the ruin of souls. Amen." — Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel ☦️

For years, I have run from the past. My childhood self demanded retribution — deliverance. I chased shadows of events bound to time, seeking a different outcome. I finally accept the path I took here; I can lay him to rest alongside those memories.

"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." — Galatians 6:2 ☦️

"Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle" — Psalm 144:1 ☦️

I yearn for the bygone age with my brothers — a simpler time. Alas, one has long since departed to a distant land; the other has lost his way.

Tell me, O partisan, was it worthwhile to betray your empire? You have deposed those anointed by God. The red banner unfurls — stained by the blood of innocents. Holy Rus mourns for her slain children.

"Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful, even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." — Revelation 2:10 ☦️

"And the Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.'" — Genesis 2:18 ☦️

"You were a precious branch from a pious root O blessed Peter, having lived devoutly in the world, and then with your wife, the most wise Fevronia, you pleased God by your alms and prayer" — Troparion of Saints Peter and Fevronia ☦️

How many more steps until I've escaped this place – I have served my time here far too long. Night and day I march in rank down a path to nowhere; perhaps there is no destination.