Love Christ Through Creation “We attain love for Christ, my child, in the following way: with all our being we strive towards God and call upon Him. Contemplating nature, trees, plants, birds, bees, flowers, the sea, fish, stars, the moon, the sun and the other great multitude of His most
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 July 22, 2025 / July 9, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.). Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901). New Hieromartyr Constantine priest (1918). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna in Crete (250-252). Martyrs Patermuthius, Coprius, and Alexander the Soldier, in Egypt (361).
Good Thoughts “If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partially judging, you will find that he is better than you.” Saint Basil the Great
Monday July 21, 2025 / July 8, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Appearance of the “Kazan” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579). Holy Great-martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine (303). St. Procopius, fool-for-Christ, wonderworker of Ustiug (Vologda) (1303). New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Theodore and Nicholas priests (1918). Righteous Procopius, fool-for-Christ of Usya (Vologda) (17th
Begin Again in Gratitude Jesus Christ can heal your body and soul, forgive your sins, and give you a new beginning. #Jesus #confession #gratitude
Sunday July 20, 2025 / July 7, 2025 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five. Venerable Thomas of Mt. Maleon (10th c.). Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1918). Venerable Eudocia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, grand-duchess of Moscow (1407). Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Venerable Gerasimus, abbot
Filled With Wonder “If you wish to gain delight in reading texts and understand the words of the Spirit you utter, brush aside the quantity and number of verses, so that your mind could be absorbed in studying the words of the Spirit, until, filled with wonder at the Divine
Saturday July 19, 2025 / July 6, 2025 6th Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Synaxis of All Saints of Radonezh. Venerable Sisoes the Great of Egypt (429). New Hieromartyr Simon, bishop of Ufa (1921). New Martyr Euthymius (1931). New Martyr Theodore (1943). Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Uncovering of the relics of
“When we call upon the Saints in prayer, if we pronounce their names from the heart, it already means that we bring them near our heart itself. Therefore ask their prayers and intercession undoubtingly for yourself. They will hear you, and will speedily lay your prayers before the Lord, in