Kingdom Come | Lord's Prayer | Orthodox Cross with Vine | Textured Gothic Font | Orthodox Long Sleeve Cotton Shirt

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“Thy Kingdom come” in the Lord’s Prayer is first of all the prayer for the end of the ages. Christians want the world to end so that God’s Kingdom would fill all creation with divine glory and life. “Come Lord Jesus; Marantha!” is the prayer of the faithful, the last prayer of the Scriptures (Rev 22.20, cf. 1 Cor 16.22). It is the calling for the final appearance of the Lord.

In the spiritual tradition of the Church, the prayer “Thy Kingdom come” has also been understood as an invocation of the Holy Spirit to dwell in God’s people. In his commentary on the Lord’s Prayer, Saint Gregory of Nyssa says that there was another reading for this petition which said “Thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us.” Thus he says, following the scriptures, that the presence of the Holy Spirit in man is the presence of Christ and the Kingdom of God.

- Father Thomas Hopko, The Orthodox Faith, Vol IV: Spirituality

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Remembrance of Death 100% Cotton Long-Sleeve Orthodox Christian Shirts are equally at home being layered or wearing solo. Relaxed but elegant, cozy but edgy, modern but perennially in style, wear your devotion almost literally on your sleeve, and invite some conversation about your Orthodox Christian faith while doing so.