Holy Saturday No matter what happens, God’s promises never fail. Do not despair, but prepare for eternal life in the light of the Resurrection of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ! #hope #jesuschrist #pascha Saturday April 19, 2025 / April 6, 2025 Passion Week: Great Saturday, descent into Hades.
Holy Friday Jesus Christ died for us, saves us, and calls us all to lay down our lives for one another in love. This is the way to eternal life! #jesuschrist #goodfriday #pascha Friday April 18, 2025 / April 5, 2025 Passion Week: Great Friday, Passion of Jesus Christ. Great
Holy Thursday Thursday April 17, 2025 / April 4, 2025 Passion Week: Great Thursday. Great Lent. Food with Oil Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883). Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.). New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928). Virgin-martyr Mary (1932). New
Holy Wednesday Wednesday April 16, 2025 / April 3, 2025 Passion Week: Great Wednesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824). Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The
Holy Tuesday Tuesday April 15, 2025 / April 2, 2025 Passion Week: Great Tuesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.). Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and Edesius (Aedesius) of Lycia (306). Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria (4th c.). Venerable Gregory, ascetic of Nicomedia (1290). St. George of Matskveri Monastery (9th c.)
No Loner Religion Christians follow the King across this life and into eternity. #christianity #orthodoxy #jesuschrist Monday April 14, 2025 / April 1, 2025 Passion Week: Great Monday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Mary the Egyptian (522). Venerable Euthymius, monk, of Suzdal (1404). Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina
Taylor (soon to be Photios), Silouan, James, and John, our recent guests through Palm Sunday, who fellowshipped and shared many fruitful labors with us. Glory to God for All Things!
Truth is a Person “Truth is not a thought, not a word, not a relationship between things, not a law. Truth is a Person. It is a Being which exceeds all beings and gives life to all. If you seek truth with love and for the sake of love, she
We had a beautiful Divine Liturgy this morning and Ethiopian visitors at the monastery today.
Get What You Regret “How many times have I prayed for what seemed a good thing for me and not leaving it to God to do as He knows best. But having obtained what I begged for, I found myself in distress because I had not asked for it to