“The salvation of the soul is the most important thing. But it is the Savior Who saves souls, not us. We merely testify to our faith, our devotion to Him, and He, in proportion to our cleaving to Him, provides us with everything we need for salvation. Don’t think of
Monday February 16, 2026 / February 3, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Maslenitsa, entire week.Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess (1st c.).St. Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912).New Hieromartyr John, Timothy, Adrian priests and Martyrs Vladimir, Michael (1938).St. Romanus, prince of Uglich (1285).St. Symeon, first
True Fasting “True fasting lies in rejecting evil, holding one’s tongue, suppressing one’s hatred, and banishing one’s lust, evil words, lying, and betrayal of vows.”Saint Isaac the Syrian fasting #speech #hate
Sunday February 15, 2026 / February 2, 2026 Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare). Tone three.Synaxis of All Saints of Perm Metropolia (movable holiday on the Sunday after January 29th).The Meeting of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ.New Hieromartyr Basil priest, Martyr Michael (1938).St. Anthimus of Chios (1960).New Martyr Jordan of
“We live in a time when young people are touched not so much by lack, but by too full. Too many voices demand attention, too many images demand the soul, too many worries demand the heart before it settles down. These interferences – screens, social pressure, merciless comparisons, fear of
Saturday February 14, 2026 / February 1, 2026 The Saturday of the Dead. Tone two.Forefeast of the Meeting of Our LordMartyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea in Syria (250).New Hieromartyr Archpriest Peter Skipetrov, of Petrograd (1918).New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1938).Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus, and Felicitas (202-203).Venerable Peter of Galatia, hermit near Antioch in
“The outcome of every affliction endured for the sake of virtue is joy, of every labor rest, and of every shameful treatment glory.” Saint Thalassios #virtue #glory #joy
Friday February 13, 2026 / January 31, 2026 Meatfare week. Tone two.Fast. Wine and Oil Allowed. Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (311) and with them Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctiste, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311).St. Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108).Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias of
Be The Gospel “To confess Orthodoxy means to manifest humbly by one’s life the fullness of the Truth in love and righteousness. Orthodoxy ought to conquer only by its radiance, as the Lord Himself, and by no means in arguments and by force. Orthodoxy is darkened by whomever is proud
Thursday February 12, 2026 / January 30, 2026 Meatfare week. Tone two. Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, Ares, the Virgin Chryse, Martyrs Felix, Maximus, Herculianus, Venerius, Styracius, Mennas, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus,