Preceding every great undertaking is a wonderful cross. Do not distress however, because the joy of your resurrection will cover all that you will suffer. If your undertaking is completed without trials, sorrows or without having born a cross, you must know that the endeavor wasn’t completed properly.

In this photo the Cross where St. Euthymius of Vatopaidi was martyred is captured with the monastery of Vatopaidi in the background.