“We shouldn’t be vainglorious about health, or beauty, or any other gifts of God… All that is earthly is inconstant – both beauty and health.” Saint Nikon of Optina #God #health #beauty
Friday February 20, 2026 / February 7, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Venerable Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (4th c.).Venerable Luke of Mt. Steirion (953).New Hieromartyr Barlaam, archbishop of Perm (1937).New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1938).New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1942).The 1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia (303).Venerable Mastridia of Jerusalem,
“Healing begins where judgment ends and presence begins. As parents and as a society, we are not called to control, but to accompany; not to moralize, but to obey. Young people heal when they feel seen without labels, loved without conditions, and encouraged to discover their purpose, not just performance.
Thursday February 19, 2026 / February 6, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Venerable Shio Mgvime (6th c.) (Georgia) (movable holiday on Thursday of the Cheese-fare Week).Venerable Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100).New Hieromartyrs Demetrius priest and Martyr Anatolius (1921).New Hieromartyr Basil priest (1930).New Hieromartyr Priest Basil Nadezhnin
“If for the sake of bodily rest you pray hurriedly, you will lose the tranquility of both body and soul.” Saint John of Kronstadt #prayer #rest #sleep
Wednesday February 18, 2026 / February 5, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251).St. Theodosius, archbishop of Chernigov (1696).New Martyrs Matushka Agatha (1938), and with her Schemamonk Eugene (1939) and Righteous Paramon (1941), of Belorussia.Virgin-martyr Alexandra, martyr Michael (1942).Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in
The power of God is yours. Use it or lose it! #god #orthodox #love
Tuesday February 17, 2026 / February 4, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Venerable Isidore of Pelusium, monk (436-440).St. George, prince of Vladimir (1238).Venerable Cyril, abbot, wonderworker of New Lake (Novgorod) (1532).New Hieromartyr Methodius bishop of Petropavlovsk (1921).New Hieromartyrs Eustaphius, John, Alexander, Sergius, John, Theodora, Aleksander, Nicholas, Alexis,
“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