“Evil is corrected by good; faults by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience. Acknowledge yourself as the greatest of sinners. Of those who appear to you to be sinners, or are sinners in fact, consider yourself worse and lower than all. Be rid of all pride and malice against your
Saturday August 15, 2026 / August 2, 2026 11th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Food with Oil2Translation of the relics (428) of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (428) and Translation of the relics (415) of the Righteous Nicodemus, Gamaliel, and Abibus.Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1552).New Martyr Athanasius (1918).New Hieromartyr Platon (1937).Blessed Basil of Kuben
“It is a great good fortune for us to have the books of the Holy Fathers, for they speak in detail about the spiritual life. Of course it would be good to lead a spiritual life under the guidance of a spiritual director, but holy men have become fewer, and
Friday August 14, 2026 / August 1, 2026 11th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Beginning of the Dormition Fast.Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord (1164) (First of the three “Feasts of the Saviour” in August).The Feast to
“Kissing with the lips corresponds to kissing with the soul; and when we kiss holy things, we ought to kiss them with the soul and heart as well as the lips.” Saint John of Kronstadt #soul #heart #lips
Thursday August 13, 2026 / July 31, 2026 11th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Eve of the Dormition Fast.2Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious and Life-giving Cross of the Lord.Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.).New Martyrs Benjamin, metropolitan of Petrograd, and those with him: Archimandrite Sergius and George and John f Petrograd (1922).Martyr Maximus (1928).New
“When you remember God, increase your prayers, so that when you forget Him, He may not forget you.” Saint Mark the Ascetic #God #remember #forget
Wednesday August 12, 2026 / July 30, 2026 11th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Apostles Silas and Silvanus of the Seventy and those with them: Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus (1st c.).Martyr John the Soldier at Constantinople (4th c.).New Hiero-confessor Anatole II (Potapov, the “Younger”) of Optina (1922).New Hieromartyr John deacon (1918).Uncovering of the
Are you giving the gift of faith? #faith #Christian #orthodox
Tuesday August 11, 2026 / July 29, 2026 11th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (250).New Hieromartyrs Venerables Seraphim (Bogoslovsky) and Theognost (1921).New Hieromartyr Anatole (1930-1935).New Hieromartyr Alexis priest, and Martyr Pachomius (1938).Venerables Constantine and Cosmas, abbots of Kosinsk (Pskov) (13th c.).Martyr Daniel of Cherkassk (1776).Virgin-martyr Seraphima (Serapia) of Antioch (2nd c.).Martyr Theodota and her