“To learn whether any particular actions of ours is contrary to God’s will, we must ask ourselves two questions: 1) Is the action I am planning to take contrary to belief in Christ or not? 2) Is it contrary to the Lord’s commandments?” Priest Daniel Sysoev #God #will #action
Friday August 21, 2026 / August 8, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (820).St. Philaret of Ichalka, Ivanovo (1913).New Hieromartyr Joseph (1918).New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1937).New Hieromartyr Nicodemus (Krotov) archbishop of Kostroma and Galich
“Do not stir up a memory that will cover your prayer with mud, do not root around in the soil of your old sins. Do not be like the dog that returneth to his vomit (Proverbs 26:11). Do not let your memory linger on private matters that can reawaken your
Thursday August 20, 2026 / August 7, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples.Translation of the relics (1832) of St. Metrophanes, first bishop of Voronezh (1703).Venerable Anthony of Optina (1865).New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Peter, Michael, John, Demetrius and Alexis
“This, my son, is how you should begin your life according to God. You should continually and unceasingly call to mind all the blessings which God in His love has bestowed upon you in the past, and still bestows for the salvation of your soul. You must not let forgetfulness
Wednesday August 19, 2026 / August 6, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Fast. Fish Allowed The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ (Second “Feast of the Saviour” in August). New Hieromartyrs Dimitry (Lyubimov), archbishop of Gdov (1938) and Priest Nicholas Prozorov (1930), priest Andrew (Zimin), priest
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Tuesday August 18, 2026 / August 5, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362).New Hieromartyr Stephen priest (1918).New Martyrs Eudocia and Novices Daria, Daria, and Maria (1919).New Hieromartyr Simon bishop of Ufa (1921).New Hieromartyr
“The Lord also sends temptations: he who belongs to God will be sent sorrows; the one for whom things go smoothly, like spreading butter, belongs to the devil. And when the Lord wishes to remove someone from the devil, he is charged with sorrows. Sorrows are Christ’s chalice on the
Monday August 17, 2026 / August 4, 2026 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Holy Seven Youths (the “Seven Sleepers”) of Ephesus: Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine) and Antoninus (250 & 5th c.).New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Prozgrov) (1930).New Hieromartyr Michael, Martyrs Simeon