How happy we Orthodox Christians are! What a God we have!
Those who haven’t met God are woeful. They do not see the eternal light, and after death march into eternal darkness. We know this because the Holy Spirit informs the saints within the Church of what is in Heaven and what in Hades.
Oh, how miserable the misguided people are! They may not know what true joy is. Sometimes they have fun and laugh, but the laughter and enjoyment they experience will turn into mourning and sadness.
Our joy is Christ. With His passions He wrote us in the book of life, and in the Kingdom of Heaven we will eternally be with God and see His glory and enjoy with Him. Our joy is the Holy Spirit. It’s so sweet and pleasant! This evidences salvation to the soul.
Saint Silouan the Athonite