“Be ashamed when you sin, don’t be ashamed when you repent. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.” Saint John Chrysostom #shame #bold #medicine
Friday March 6, 2026 / February 21, 2026 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)1Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795).St. Eustathius (Eustace), archbishop of Antioch (337).New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Daniel and Gregory priests (1930).New Hieromartyr Constantine priest, Paul deacon (1938).Virgin-Martyr Olga (1938).St. George,
Thursday March 5, 2026 / February 20, 2026 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Venerable Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780).Abbot Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery martyred by the Lutherans: hieromonk Titus, schemamonk Tikhon, monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon,
“When a bad or gloomy thought threatens to afflict you, don’t fight it. Open your arms to Christ’s Love and He will embrace you. Then it will vanish by itself.” Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia #Jesus #love #thoughts
Wednesday March 4, 2026 / February 19, 2026 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia (1st c.).St. Theodore of Sanaxar Monastery (1791).New Martyr Demetrius(1942).Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodotus of Adrianopolis (305-311).Venerables Eugene and Macarius, presbyters, confessors at Antioch (363).Venerable Dositheus of Palestine (6th c.), disciple
Tuesday March 3, 2026 / February 18, 2026 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461).New Hieromartyrs Alexander (Medvedsky) (1932) priest and Benjamin hieromonk (1938).Commemoration of the New Martyrs who suffered during the “Holy Night” in
“Many think that the saints are far from us. But they are far from those who distance themselves from them, and very close to those who keep the commandments of Christ and have the grace of the Holy Spirit. In the heavens, all things are moved by the Holy Spirit.
Monday March 2, 2026 / February 17, 2026 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (306).St. Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1612).St. Nicholas (Planas), priest in Athens (1932).New Hieromartyrs Michael, Paul priests (1938).Virgin-martyr Anna (1940).Venerable Theodore the Silent