“We must not slumber nor be disheartened when the passions attack us; on the contrary, this is the very time to be on the watch, to take courage and pray to Christ not to let us fall into sin. It is not the time to save a house from fire,
Friday October 9, 2026 / September 26, 2026 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Fast. Fish Allowed Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.Canonization of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1989).New Hieromartyrs Athanasius, Alexander, Demetrius priests, martyrs John, Nicholas (1937).New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1939).Venerable Ephraim, abbot of Perekop,
The big things in life have little beginnings. #God #love #orthodox
Thursday October 8, 2026 / September 25, 2026 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Venerable Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (445).Repose of Venerable Sergius, abbot, of Radonezh (1392).St. Nicholas confessor, priest (1941).Uncovering of the relics of New Hieromartyrs Alexander Smirnov and Theodore Lebedev priests (1985).Venerable Euphrosyne, nun, of Suzdal (1250).Translation of the
Experience the Living God by stepping into the ancient church. #God #orthodox #church
Wednesday October 7, 2026 / September 24, 2026 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Fast Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla of Iconium (1st c.).St. Gabriel, of Pskov-Eleazar Monastery and Kazan (1915).New Hieromartyr Basil deacon (1918).New Hieromartyrs Andrew and Paul priests, Hieromartyr Vitaly and Martyrs Basil, Sergius and Spiridon (1937).New Hieromartyr Nicander
No one becomes a saint through complaints. #orthodox #cross #complaint
Tuesday October 6, 2026 / September 23, 2026 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.3The Conception of the Honorable, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.Canonization (1977) of St. Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow.New Hieromartyr John priest (1937).New Hieromartyr Arsenius archbishop (1937).Venerables Xanthippa and Polyxena (109), disciples of the Apostles, who died in
“For us Christians, especially those who have now witnessed such unequivocally terrible fruits of these imaginary freedoms, it should be clear that the salvation, happiness and well-being of humanity lies not in dissipation nor in unrestrained passions, but in the search for true freedom— Christian freedom, which is in the
Monday October 5, 2026 / September 22, 2026 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Prophet Jonah (9th c. B.C.).Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope (117).Venerable Jonah the Presbyter (9th c.), father of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer and St. Theodore Graptus.Blessed Parasceve od Diveyevo (1915).New Martyr Benjamin bishop of Romanovsk (1930).Venerable Jonah, abbot