“Thought of the Dread Judgment produces a dispiriting impression on most people, even on those who both pray to God and reflect on the salvation of their souls. It seems to them all that the words greeting the righteous bear little relation to their souls, which are more subject to the punishment pronounced to the sinful.This was not the case with ancient Christians, who awaited the Second Coming with luminous joy…”

(Metropolitan Anthony Khrapotvitsky, 20th Century exiled Russian Orthodox hierarch)