In this world, and in this present temporary life, nothing is stable; all
things undergo change and alteration. Fortunate is the person who—during
this life—through patience and the other virtues, builds a home in the
heavens. After death, he will dwell there, where there is no pain, suffering,
sorrow, danger, fear, or war, but perfect and certain fortune and bliss.
—by Elder Philotheos Zervakos—
