“If you do good, you must do it only for God. For this reason you must pay no attention to the ingratitude of people. Expect a reward not here, but from the Lord in heaven. If you expect it here, it will be in vain and you will endure deprivation.”
Sunday June 21, 2026 / June 8, 2026 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed Celebration in Vologda to the venerable fathers of Vologda (movable holiday on the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost).Synaxis of Novgorod Hierarchs (movable holiday on the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost).Synaxis of Saints of Belorussia
“I am ready to suffer a thousand deaths rather than renounce my faith.” Saint Peter the Aleut #faith #death #courage
Saturday June 20, 2026 / June 7, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303).New Hieromartyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Alexander, Alexis, Alexander, Valentine, Benjamin, Viktor, Alexander, Paul, Vladimir, Ignatius, Michael, Nicholas, Paul, Alexander, Nicholas priests, Gregory deacon and Martyrs Athanasius and Alexsander
“Man has free will, and therefore the grace or power of God is fully manifested in him only when he wholly gives himself over to God, that is, when he is permeated with the spirit of humility and obedience to God’s will. Human pride, however, thinking that it can cope
Friday June 19, 2026 / June 6, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt (466).Venerable Hilarion the New, abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery (845).Venerable Raphael confessor (1957).St. Jonah, bishop of Perm (1470).Venerable Paisius, abbot, of Uglich (1504).Venerable Jonah, abbot
“Neither ridicule nor condemn those who fall into temptation; rather pray more frequently that you might not fall into temptation yourself.” Saint Ephraim the Syrian #temptation #prayer #orthodox
Thursday June 18, 2026 / June 5, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Food with Oil Hieromartyr Dorotheos, bishop of Tyre (361).New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1931).New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1943).Translation of the relics of the Blessed Igor-George, tonsured Gabriel, great prince of Chernigov and Kiev (1150) to Chernigov.Blessed Constantine,
“Hope is the door to love; it kills despair and is the pledge of future blessings.” Saint John Climacus #love #hope #future
Wednesday June 17, 2026 / June 4, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. St. Metrophanes, first patriarch of Constantinople (325).New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1918).New Martyrs: Archbishop Andronicus of Perm (1918) and Archbishop Basil of Chernigov (1918).New Hieromartyr George priest (1941).Joanikije Lipovac, Metropolitan of Montenegro (1945) (Serbia)Uncovering