“Obsessional thoughts are in fact reliable portents that a passion is present.” Bishop Alexis (Trader) #obsession #thoughts #passion
Monday October 19, 2026 / October 6, 2026 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three.Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas (1st c.).New Hieromartyr John priest (1937).Virgin-martyr Eroteis of Cappadocia.New Martyr Macarius at Kion in Bithynia (Mt. Athos) (1590) (Greek).Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “O All-Hymned Mother”.Venerable Cindeus of Cyprus, monk (Greek).
“God frequently hides His will from us so that we might learn to seek Him with a greater intensity, humility, and love. If everything were certain, we would rely on our own maps instead of the Guide.” Saint John Climacus #God #hide #love
Sunday October 18, 2026 / October 5, 2026 20th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three.Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304).Sts. Peter (1326), Theognostus (1353), Alexis (1378), Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), Jonah (1461), Gerontius (1489), Ioasaph (1555), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Job (1607), Hermogenes (Germogen) (1612), Tikhon (1925), Peter (1937), Philaret (1867), Innocent
“The soul finds rest when it abandons anxiety and places every concern into the loving hands of God.” Saint Nektarios of Aegina #God #anxiety #rest
Saturday October 17, 2026 / October 4, 2026 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Hieromartyr Hierotheus, bishop of Athens (1st c.).Uncovering of the relics (1595) of St. Gurias, first archbishop of Kazan (1563) and St. Barsanuphius, bishop of Tver (1576).Synaxis of All Saints of Kazan.New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1918).New Hieromartyrs Demetrius
“If you wish that your surroundings should change, change yourself, and educate your heart. This is what Christianity teaches.” Father I. Vinogradov #change #christianity #heart
Friday October 16, 2026 / October 3, 2026 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Fast. Hieromartyr Dionysius (Dennys) the Areopagite, and with him Martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius (96).New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928).Finding of the relics (1988) of Venerable Ambrose of Optina (1911).St. Jerome of Aegina (1966).Venerable Dionysius, recluse
God suffers with us. #pain #God #orthodox
Thursday October 15, 2026 / October 2, 2026 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Hieromartyr Cyprian, Virgin-martyr Justina and Martyr Theoctist of Nicomedia (304).Blessed Andrew, fool-for-Christ at Constantinople (911).St. Theodore of Sanaskar (Ushakov), admiral of the Russian Navy (1817).Virgin-martyr Alexandra (1938).Venerable Anna of Kashin (1338).Venerable Cassian, monk, of Uglich (1504).Martyrs David