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
Wednesday April 15, 2026 / April 2, 2026 Bright Wednesday.Bright Week. Fast-free Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Holy Mount Sinai (movable holiday on the Wednesday of the Bright Week).“Kasperov” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (movable holiday on the Wednesday of the Bright Week).Venerable Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.).Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and Edesius (Aedesius) of
“What do you think is the most important thing to focus on before baptism?” #orthodox #christian #baptism
Tuesday April 14, 2026 / April 1, 2026 Bright Tuesday.Bright Week. Fast-free “Iveron” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (movable holiday on the Tuesday of the Bright Week).Blessed Martyrs and Fathers of the St. David-Gareji Monastery (17th c.) (Georgia) (movable holiday on the Tuesday of the Bright Week).“Shuisky” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (movable holiday
“It takes a struggle in this life if you want to win; it’s no joke. It is with the unclean spirits that you are fighting, which do not throw sweets and marshmallows, but sharp bullets that kill the soul, not the body. Nevertheless, do not be distressed. Do not be