Wednesday August 26, 2026 / August 13, 2026 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Oil Allowed. Apodosis of the Transfiguration.Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662).Uncovering of the relics of St. Maximus of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1547).St. Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia (1783).New Hieromartyrs John, Ioasph and Constantine priests (1918).New Hieromartyr Seraphim
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Tuesday August 25, 2026 / August 12, 2026 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Martyrs Anicetus and Photius (Photinus) of Nicomedia (305).New Hieromartyrs Barlaam (Konoplev), archimandrite, Anthony (Arapov), abbot, Sergius (Vershinin), Elijah (Popov), Vyacheslav (Kosozhilin), Ioasaph (Sabintsev), and John (Novoselov), hieromonks, and Micah (Podkorytov), Bessarion (Okulov), Euthymius
“Every person will have to confront the weight of death. Yet the more spiritual a person becomes, the less they will taste of the torments of the soul’s departure. We must abide in prayer, repentance, and watchfulness. We must be attentive to our thoughts, words, senses, and deeds. We must
Monday August 24, 2026 / August 11, 2026 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania (304).Martyrs Basil and Theodore of the Kiev Caves (1098).Venerable Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, prince of Ostrog (1483).St. John, recluse of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1867).Virgin-martyr Susanna and those
“If at some time you show mercy to someone, mercy will be shown to you. If you show compassion to one who is suffering (and of course, this is not a great deed) you will be numbered among the martyrs. If you forgive one who has insulted you, then not
Sunday August 23, 2026 / August 10, 2026 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Food with Oil Synaxis of saints of Valaam Monastery (movable holiday on the Sunday after August 6th).Holy Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence and Pope Sixtus, Felicissimus and Agapitus, deacons, and others with them (258).Blessed Laurence, fool-for-Christ at Kaluga (1515).New Hieromartyr Viacheslav priest (1918).New Hieromartyr
“The single-phrased Jesus Prayer destroys and consumes the deceits of the demons. For when we invoke Jesus, God and Son of God, constantly and tirelessly, He does not allow them to project in the mind’s mirror even the first hint of their infiltration, that is to say, their provocation, or
Saturday August 22, 2026 / August 9, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Food with Oil Apostle Matthias (63).Synaxis of All Saints of Solovki.St. Philaret, archbishop of Chernigov (1866).New Martyr Margaret (1918).Martyr Anthony of Alexandria.Venerable Psoes of Egypt (4th c.).Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius (Phocas), Peter, Leontius, and Mary, of Constantinople (726).Venerable Macarius, abbot of Oredezh (1532).St. Alexis Medvedkov, archpriest of Uzine (1934).The
“To learn whether any particular actions of ours is contrary to God’s will, we must ask ourselves two questions: 1) Is the action I am planning to take contrary to belief in Christ or not? 2) Is it contrary to the Lord’s commandments?” Priest Daniel Sysoev #God #will #action