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“Amazing! Look again, whither He has raised the Church. As though He were lifting it up by some engine, He has raised it up to a vast height, and set it on yonder throne; for where the Head is, there is the body also. There is no interval of separation between the Head and the body; for were there a separation, then would the one no longer be a body, nor would the other any longer be a Head.” St John Chrysostom #FeastoftheAscension #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Amazing! Look again, whither He has raised the Church. As though He were lifting it up by some engine, He …