Friday January 9, 2026 / December 27, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Sviatki. Fast-free Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (34). Venerable Theodore Graptus (“the Branded”) of Palestine and Bithynia, confessor (840), brother of St. Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer (850). New Hieromartyrs Tikhon, archbishop of Voronezh and with him 160 martyred priests (1919).
Excuses For Sin? “Have you not had too much trust in God’s mercy and said that He is merciful and will forgive your sins, and because of this, you have sinned permanently without restraint, and postponed your repentance year after year until you got old? Or have you not despaired
Thursday January 8, 2026 / December 26, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Sviatki. Fast-free Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos. Hieromartyr Euthymius, bishop of Sardis (840). Venerable Isaac II (Bobrikov, the Younger), archimandrite of Optina (1938). New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius priests (1918). New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Michael, Nicholas priests and Michael
Heaven is Home God became man so we can become godly. Christ is Born! Glorify Him! #nativity #christmas #jesus
Manifest The Wonder “God became Man so that He could serve us in our small matters, so that we could discover that glory does not come from greatness, but from God, and that God is He Who descends and renounces Himself so He can come to us! This is what
Wednesday January 7, 2026 / December 25, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Sviatki. Fast-free The Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. From December 25 till January 5 is a Fast-free period (Sviatki). The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar. Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem
God Beyond The Brain “Theoretical knowledge is gained everywhere, but no progress is attained. The Orthodox Church does not push harder on the pedal of theoretical knowledge, but rather on the pedal of ‘experience.’ One can see that through experience you gain abundant knowledge, and you don’t know its source.
Tuesday January 6, 2026 / December 24, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Fast. Food with Oil The Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Rozhdestvenskyi Sochelnik). Nun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her Martyrs Philip her father, Protus, Hyacinth (Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262). New Hieromartyr Innocentius (1928). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest
Cross Through The Pain Salvation is a bitter pill. Take it if you want to live. #jesus #hope #health
Monday January 5, 2026 / December 23, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus (250). New Hieromartyr Basil priest