Pure & True “God sees your heart, not your words. Strive to make your inner life pure and true, and everything else will follow.” Saint Theophan the Recluse #God #heart #words
Author: Abbot Tryphon
I am abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Orthodox Monastery (ROCOR) on Vashon Island, WA. The island is a twenty minute ferry ride from West Seattle, and a fifteen minute crossing from Tacoma.
Surrounded by the Salish Sea, the island is some 87% undeveloped forest, with a rural population of around eleven thousand citizens. If you wish to contact me personally, you can email me at: abbottryphon@vashonmonks.com
Tuesday October 21, 2025 / October 8, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Venerable Pelagia the Penitent of the Mount of Olives (457). New Hieromartyrs Demetrius archbishop of Mozhaysk and with him John deacon, Hieromartyr Ambrosius and Pakhomius, Virgin-martyr Tatiana, Martyr Nicholas, Virgin-martyrs Mary and Nadezhda (1937). New Hieromartyr Jonah bishop of
We Are Royalty The heirs of the eternal Kingdom of God do not live in fear! #God #Jesus #orthodox
Monday October 20, 2025 / October 7, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria (290-303). St. Jonah, bishop of Manchuria (1925). New Hieromartyr Priest Valentine Sventsitsky of Moscow (1931) and Priest Nicholas Kazansky (1931). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1942). Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Venerable Sergius, abbot
Love Yourself In The Lord “God loves you the way you are, and He asks you to receive from Him grace and forgiveness so you can become the way your heart desires! Only He can forgive and cleanse you. Your hate toward yourself stains you. You need to ask the
Sunday October 19, 2025 / October 6, 2025 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas (1st c.). New Hieromartyr John priest (1937). Virgin-martyr Eroteis of Cappadocia. New Martyr Macarius at Kion in Bithynia (Mt. Athos) (1590) (Greek). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “O All-Hymned Mother”. Venerable Cindeus of Cyprus, monk
Everything Is Your Cross “To take up your cross means to tolerate everything without complaining, regardless of how unpleasant things might become. …Do not consider yourself punished unjustly, but accept everything as your cross.” Saint Innocent of Alaska #Christian #cross #tolerance
Saturday October 18, 2025 / October 5, 2025 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304). Sts. Peter (1326), Theognostus (1353), Alexis (1378), Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), Jonah (1461), Gerontius (1489), loasaph (1555), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Job (1607), Hermogenes (Germogen) (1612), Tikhon (1925), Peter (1937), Philaret (1867), Innocent (Veniaminov) (1879),
Friday October 17, 2025 / October 4, 2025 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Fast. Food with Oil Hieromartyr Hierotheus, bishop of Athens (1st c.). Uncovering of the relics (1595) of St. Gurias, first archbishop of Kazan (1563) and St. Barsanuphius, bishop of Tver (1576). Synaxis of All Saints of Kazan. New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1918).
Live Simply “Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind.” Saint Paisios the Athonite #God #logic #patience