Compelled to Live With Joyfulness of Heart Saint Seraphim said, “When despondency seizes us, let us not give in to it. Rather, fortified and protected by the light of faith, let us with great courage say to the spirit of evil: “What are you to us, you who are cut
“How does one bear afflictions? Rely on God’s will. And concerning Those whom you consider guilty, think, as it is written by Saint Mark the Ascetic, that they’re only instruments of our salvation.” St. Nikon of Optina Tuesday November 5, 2024 / October 23, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.
The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Monday November 4, 2024 / October 22, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, commemorating the deliverance from the Poles in 1612. Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius, bishop and wonderworker of Hierapolis (167). 7 Holy Youths (“7 Sleepers”) of Ephesus: Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian,
The surge of young people coming into the church in recent years has been a joyful miracle, and a call to action! #service #clergy #orthodoxchurch Sunday November 3, 2024 / October 21, 2024 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Venerable Hilarion the Great of Palestine (371). Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, bishop
“The Lord said, ‘You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness of anything in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them,
Like Christ “Be Loving, be patient, overlook faults, don’t get angry, don’t get upset, forgive one another so that you may be like our Christ, and so that you may become worthy to be with Him in His Kingdom.” – Geronda Ephraim of Arizona #loving #jesuschrist #forgiveness Friday November 1,
Eyewitness 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. 4Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st c.). 1Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515). oNew Hieromartyrs Andrew, Sergius, Nicholas and Sergius priests, Virgin-martyr Elizabeth (1937). oRepose of Jose Munoz-Cortez who met with a martyric death (1997). 0Martyr Marinus the Elder at Anazarbus (4th c.). 0Venerable Julian the Hermit of Mesopotamia
Toil and Trouble The spiritual life, while transcendently rewarding, does not consist solely of exalted mental, spiritual, and emotional states. Toil, sorrow, and struggle are unavoidable and necessary tools for our salvation. The consequences of sin, our own and others, have turned the world into a mess of pain and
Tuesday October 29, 2024 / October 16, 2024 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Venerable Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross of the Lord (1st c.). St. Gregory confessor, priest (1931). New Hieromartyr Eugene priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1938). New Hieromartyr John priest (1942). Venerable Longinus the Gate-keeper of the Kiev
“Fear suspicion. The devil, once he has prevailed over a man who has trusted in his suggestions to be suspicious, can show that man something that isn’t even there. When the devil points out someone else’s shortcomings and weaknesses to you and urges you to judge, say to yourself, “I’m