Last Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Gregory the Great
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Deësis Mosaic (Detail),Hagia Sophia, c. 1261 At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (he that reads, let him understand:) then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains and he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take anything [...]