“By feeding largely, one becomes a carnal man, having no spirit, or soulless flesh; while by fasting, one attracts the Holy Spirit and becomes spiritual.” Saint John of Kronstadt #holyspirit #spiritual #fasting
Wednesday February 25, 2026 / February 12, 2026 First Week of the Great Lent. Tone four.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Iveron Icon (Moscow) of the Most Holy Theotokos (9th c.).St. Meletius, archbishop of Antioch (381).St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow and wonderworker of all Russia (1378).St. Meletius, archbishop
Let us empty ourselves of delicacies to be filled with the love of Christ! #god #jesus #lent
Tuesday February 24, 2026 / February 11, 2026 First Week of the Great Lent. Tone four.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Hieromartyr Blaise, bishop of Sebaste (316).St. Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel), prince and wonderworker of Pskov (1138).Venerable Demetrius, monk of Priluki (Vologda) (1392).Venerable Cassian the
“Whether we believe or not, we belong to God. Whether we understand it or not, or feel His presence or not, or rejoice in that presence or not, He exists. He is my God. He is my Lord. Even during moments of darkness and terror, when God doesn’t exist for
Monday February 23, 2026 / February 10, 2026 Beginning of the Great Lent. Tone four.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter – Full abstention from food Clean Monday.Hieromartyr Charalampus, bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, and Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus (202).New Hieromartyrs Peter and Valerian priests (1930).New Martyr Anatole (Greesiuk), metropolitan of Odessa (1938).St. Anna of Novgorod, wife of
God’s Mission “We will see how simple forgiveness is and how good it is for us when we accept that the evildoer is in us, and it is not our mission to overcome it, but God’s mission! Only He can overcome it. Why? Because only He can love it! Evil
Sunday February 22, 2026 / February 9, 2026 The Sunday of Forgiveness. Tone four.Cheesefare Sunday. Meat is excluded Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch (ca. 257).Uncovering of the relics (1805) of St. Innocent of Irkutsk (1731).Uncovering of the relics of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus (1992).New Hieromartyr Basil priest (1930).New Hieromartyr John priest
The Measure of Love “What is the measure of love for God? It is that the soul is constantly stretched and uses force to do the will of God for the purpose and in pursuit of God’s glory.”Saint Basil the Great God #love #soul
Saturday February 21, 2026 / February 8, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded All of the venerable fathers, lit up with great deeds (movable holiday on Saturday of the Cheese-fare Week).Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates (“the General”) of Heraclea (319).Prophet Zechariah, from among the 12 Minor Prophets (520 BC).St. Lyubov