We must be grateful for everything: for the wonderful things that happen in our lives, and for the difficult things in our lives. And then pass on that gratitude to others. When someone does something good for us, we should not only be grateful for that person, but we should
Thursday September 3, 2026 / August 21, 2026 14th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44).Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theogonius, Agapius, and Pistus (4th c.).Venerable Abramius, archimandrite, wonderworker of Smolensk (1220).St. Martha, schemanun of Diveyevo (1829).New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1918).New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1937).New Martyr Ignatius (1942).Venerable Abramius the Lover-of-Labor of the
It is truly meet to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever-blessed and most blameless and mother of our God. More honorable than the cherubim, beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify. #theotokos #virginmary #hymn
Wednesday September 2, 2026 / August 20, 2026 14th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)1Prophet Samuel (6th c. B.C.).New Hieromartyrs Joseph Baranov, Alexander Malinivsky, Leo Ershov, and Vladimir Chetverin priests (1918).New Hieromartyr Nicholas Beriukov priest (1919).Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr Hermogenes (Germogen), bishop of Tobolsk
Escape the hell of entitlement. #God #gratitude #thanks
Tuesday September 1, 2026 / August 19, 2026 14th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.Martyr Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (3rd c.).St. Nicholas priest (1933).St. Pitirim, bishop of Perm (1455).Martyrs Timothy, Agapius, and Thecla of Palestine (304).Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of the Don” (1591).Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Gennadius, abbot of Kostroma (1565).Venerable Theophanes,
“The subject of your reflections should be your infirmities. Sensations of your heart will be like one plunged into a dungeon, similar to a leper, exiled outside his camp. Your suffering will cease when your life ceases; your last moan will be emitted with your last gasp.” Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
Monday August 31, 2026 / August 18, 2026 14th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria (2nd c.).New Martyrs Archimandrite Augustine of Orans Monastery, Proto-priest Nicholas of Nizhni-Novgorod, and 15 people with them (1918).New Hieromartyr Gregory priest and Martyr Eugene and Michael (1937).Martyrs Hermes, Serapion, and Polyaenus of Rome (2nd c.).Martyrs Hilarion, Dionysius, and Hermippus, Hieromartyr Emilian, and others (about
“How are you feeling? Are you depressed? We should not fall victim to despondency, grumbling about our illnesses and sorrows, for God has established a law firmer than heaven and earth that only through many trials is it possible to enter the Kingdom of God.” Abbot Nikon Vorobiev #God #depression
Sunday August 30, 2026 / August 17, 2026 13th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone four.Synaxis of saints of Kemerovo (movable holiday on the Sunday before August 18th).Icon of the Mother of God “Enlightener of Minds” (movable holiday on the Sunday after August 15th).Martyr Myron of Cyzicus (250).Venerable Pimen, archimandrite of Ugresh (1880)New Hieromartyr Alexis