The Lord Shall Fight For You (Exodus 14:14) | Jesus Christ with Sword IconoGraphic | Orthodox Christian HoodieAnd Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14: 13 14 You were redeemed from the world as from Egypt; the devil pursued you, but you escaped through the water. The water is your Red Sea; the Egyptians are your sins.

and all ye abysses

Christ in lying down

The sign is an image of the First Coming of Christ

Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul

and my Father is the husbandman

The icon gained its title "of Ustyug" from the tradition relating how Saint Procopius of Ustyug (a 13th century German convert to Orthodoxy

I persecute heresy

having put on the breastplate of faith and love

that it may bring forth more fruit

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh

This certainly does not apply to prayer

+ St Paisios the Athonite