Tikhon of Zadonsk: “I was born to die. I die that I might live.”

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“We see the water of a river flowing uninterruptedly and passing away, and all that floats on its surface, rubbish or beams of trees, all pass by. Christian! So does our life. . .I was an infant, and that time has gone. I was an adolescent, and that too has passed. I was a young man, and that too is far behind me. The strong and mature man that I was is no more. My hair turns white, I succumb to age, but that too passes; I approach the end and will go the way of all flesh. I was born to die. I die that I might live. Remember me, O Lord, in Thy Kingdom!“

St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

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