Monday January 26, 2026 / January 13, 2026 34th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade (315). Venerable Irinarch of Rostov (1616). Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656). Martyr Peter of Anium, at Eleutheropolis (1st c.). Venerable James, bishop of Nisibis (350). Venerable Maximus of Kapsokalyvia Skete, Mt. Athos (1364) (Greek). Martyr Athanasius. St. Hilary, bishop
Soul Powers “In order to take pleasure in the joys of monasticism and of the spiritual life, with all the powers of your soul you must cultivate prayer, patience, and silence. Without prayer, it is not easy to be patient, nor to be silent. With the grace of God I
Sunday January 25, 2026 / January 12, 2026 33rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone eight. Sunday after the Baptism of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ Martyr Tatiana of Rome (226-235). St. Sava I, first archbishop of Serbia (1235). Venerable Martinian of White Lake, abbot (1483), and Galacteon, his disciple (1506). Martyr Mertius of Mauretania (284-305). Martyr Peter Apselamus of
Stop Everything “If you sincerely wish to complete the course of your present life virtuously, have no other aim but to find God wherever He chooses to manifest Himself to you. When this is given you, stop all other activity and do not persist with it; forget all else and
Saturday January 24, 2026 / January 11, 2026 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Saturday after the Baptism of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ Venerable Pachomius of Kensk (16th c.) (movable holiday on the Saturday after the Baptism of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ). Venerable Theodosius the
Judge or Repent “Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgement of others with the desire to repent. Even if someone should commit a sin before you at the very moment of death, pass no judgement because the judgement of God is hidden from human eyes. There
Friday January 23, 2026 / January 10, 2026 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. Oil & Wine Allowed St. Gregory of Nyssa (395). Venerable Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601). St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894). Venerable Marcian, presbyter of Constantinople (471). Venerable Paul, abbot of Obnora (Vologda) (1429), and his disciple St. Macarius, abbot
Unpolluted “The spiritual life is made up of daily, hourly, minute-by-minute thoughts, feelings, desires; all this, like small drops, merging, forms a stream, a river, and a sea – these constitute integral lives. And just as a river or a lake is clear or murky because the drops in it
Thursday January 22, 2026 / January 9, 2026 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia (259). Hieromartyr Philip, metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1569). St. Jonah (Peter in schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1902). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1943). Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Semeias) (10th c. B.C.). St.
Has God Left You? “Pain isn’t a sign that God has left you, but that He is working on you. Sometimes He is silent, not because He isn’t listening, but because He is teaching you to sit with yourself, hear your heart, and see how much you need Him; in