“Why is long-continued prayer necessary? In order that by prolonged, fervent prayer we may warm our cold hearts, hardened in prolonged vanity. For it is strange to think, and still more so to require, that the heart, hardened in worldly vanity, could be speedily penetrated during prayer by the warmth
Saturday September 12, 2026 / August 30, 2026 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.Sts. Alexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), patriarchs of Constantinople.Repose of Venerable Alexander, abbot of Svir (1533).Translation of the relics (1724) of St. Alexander Nevsky (1263).Uncovering of the relics of St. Daniel, prince of Moscow (1652).New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1918).New Hieromartyr Apollinaris (1918).New Hieromartyr Paul priest
“Try your very best to not give in to anger. Anger drives grace from your soul. Grace is like a bird; when something scares it, it flies away.” Elder Sergei of Vanves #grace #anger #bird
Friday September 11, 2026 / August 29, 2026 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.Fast. Food with Oil The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John.Fast Day.Commemoration of orthodox soldiers killed on a battle fields.Venerable Alexander, abbot of Voche, of Galich (16th c.).New Martyr Anastasius of Bulgaria (1794).St. Sebbi, king of the East
Some techniques in prayer can be dangerous. Stick to the pilgrim’s way. #prayer #jesusprayer #orthodox
Thursday September 10, 2026 / August 28, 2026 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.Venerable Moses the Black of Scete (400).Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Job of Pochaev (1651).New Hieromartyr Alexis (1918).New Martyrs Archimandrite Sergius (Zaytsev) and monks of Zilantov Monastery of Kazan (1918) hieromonks Laurecnce (Nikitin), Seraphim (Kuz’min), hierodeacon Theodosius (Alexandrov), monks Leontius (Kariagin),
The power of the prayer of the heart is beyond your imagination. #prayer #jesus #jesusprayer
Wednesday September 9, 2026 / August 27, 2026 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)1Venerable Poemen the Great (450).New Hieromartyr Stephen Nemkov, and those with him, of Nizhni-Novgorod (1918).New Hieromartyrs Paul, priest (1918).New Hieromartyrs John, John priest and Hieromartyr Methodius (1937).New Hieromartyr Aleksander, priest (1939).New Hieromartyr
How to find your place in paradise. #God #paradise #jesus
Tuesday September 8, 2026 / August 26, 2026 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.Commemoration of the Meeting of the “Vladimir” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane in 1395.Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions of Nicomedia (4th c.).New Hieromartyr Peter priest and St. Gregory confessor, priest (1938).Blessed