Monday April 20, 2026 / April 7, 2026 Second Week of Pascha. Tone one.Venerable George the Confessor, bishop of Mitylene (820).New Hieromartyr Arcadius priest (1933).Martyr Eudocia (1939).Venerable Daniel, abbot, of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1540).Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (304).Martyrs Rufinus deacon, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers at Sinope (310).Venerable Serapion of Egypt, monk (5th c.).Venerable Nilus, abbot of Sora (1508).Venerable Serapion archbishop
“Should you do your life confession with your parish priest, or is it ok to seek out somebody, maybe at a monastery, a spiritual father, to do your life confession with?” #confession #priest #monk
Sunday April 19, 2026 / April 6, 2026 Second Sunday of Pascha: Antipascha, St. Thomas Sunday.“Sladkoe lobzanie” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (9th c.) (movable holiday on the Antipascha).St. Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582).Martyrs Peter and Prokhor (1918).New Hieromartyr John priest (1934).New Hieromartyr James priest (1943).St. Sebastian, Elder of
“What is the spiritual father?” #orthodox #spiritualfather #spiritual
Saturday April 18, 2026 / April 5, 2026 Bright Saturday.Bright Week. Fast-free Translation of the relics (1652) of St. Job, patriarch of Moscow (1607).Martyrs Theodulus, reader, and Agathopodes, deacon, and those with them at Thessalonica (303).New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1930).New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1931).Venerable Publius of Egypt, monk (4th c.).Venerables Theonas, Symeon, and Phorbinus of
“More attention should be paid to things that come out of one’s mouth rather than things that go in.” Saint John Chrysostom #attention #speech #food
Friday April 17, 2026 / April 4, 2026 Bright Friday.Bright Week. Fast-free The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth (movable Feast on March 30. If March 30 should fall between Lazarus Saturday and Pascha, however, the Feast is transferred to Bright Friday).“Life- giving Spring” Icon of the
“I was wondering if you could you speak at all to Czar Saint Nicholas II?” #saint #czar #russia
Thursday April 16, 2026 / April 3, 2026 Bright Thursday.Bright Week. Fast-free Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824).Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308).Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus.Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.).Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The Unfading Flower”, and Iveron.New Martyr Paul the Russian at Constantinople (1683).Venerable Nectarius, abbot, of Bezhetsk (1492).Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre
“How do we find silence and how do we find consistency in prayer without being so distracted this way and that way all the time?” #prayer #silence #distraction