Should Seraphim Rose be glorified? @YoungPenitent interviews @vashonmonks for his perspective.
Saturday June 6, 2026 / May 24, 2026 Apodosis of Pentecost. Tone seven.Fast-free Week. Fast-free Venerable Symeon Stylites (the Younger) of the Wonderful Mountain (596).Venerable Nicetas Stylites, wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186).St. Xenia of Petersburg, fool-for-Christ (Glorification 1988).Martyrs Meletius Stratelates, Stephen, John, and 1,218 soldiers with women and children, including: Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicus the Magician, Theodore, Faustus,
“The fear of God is the beginning of virtue. It is sown in the heart when a man withdraws his mind from the attractions of the world to collect its thoughts, wandering about from distraction, into reflection upon the restitution to come.” Saint Isaac the Syrian #God #fear #heart
Friday June 5, 2026 / May 23, 2026 Afterfeast of Pentecost. Tone seven.Fast-free Week. Fast-free Venerable Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (818).Uncovering of the relics (1164) of St. Leontius, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1077).Synaxis of All Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl: Bishop Leontius (1073), Bishop Isaiah, wonderworker (1090), Bishop Ignatius (1288),
“Hard work is not a punishment; it is the price of freedom, the cost of dignity, and the key to opportunity.” Saint Basil the Great #work #freedom #opportunity
Thursday June 4, 2026 / May 22, 2026 Afterfeast of Pentecost. Tone seven.Fast-free Week. Fast-free Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Surety of Sinners” in Korets (1622) (movable holiday on Thursday of the 1-st week of the Pentecost).Hieromartyr Basiliscus, bishop of Comana (308).St. John-Vladimir, martyr and ruler of Serbia (1015).Blessed James, youth
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Wednesday June 3, 2026 / May 21, 2026 Afterfeast of Pentecost. Tone seven.Fast-free Week. Fast-free The Meeting of the “Vladimir” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (was established to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow from an invasion of Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei in 1521).Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337) and Helen, his mother (327).St. Constantine (1205) and
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Tuesday June 2, 2026 / May 20, 2026 Third Day of the Holy Trinity. Tone seven.Fast-free Week. Fast-free Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterius (284).Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow and wonderworker of all Russia (1378).St. Dovmont-Timothy, prince of Pskov (1299).Martyr Asclas of Egypt (287).Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, parents of