“Just as God created heaven and earth for man to inhabit, so did He create Man so that He may reside as in His house in the human body, having a soul created in His image as His magnificent bride. That is why the Apostle Paul states: ‘…but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are…’ (Heb 3:6).”

(St Macarius the Great,  collected quotes from Bishop Alexander)