If We Are To Win The Battle We Must Focus Only On Our Own Sins When we take our eyes off our own failings, shortcomings, and sins, we notice the failings of others. As the sins of others get our attention, our focus turns away from our own struggles with
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
The Lord has mercy. Do you?
Ethnic Purity in the Church Destroys Orthodoxy from Within We Orthodox Christians, as a whole, are guilty of abandoning our Christ directed mission of making disciples of every nation, by preserving the needs of ethnic groups (Russians, Greeks, Arabs, Serbs), often at the expense of welcoming our non-Orthodox neighbors. Although
The ticket to eternity is already in hand.
The Prayer That Can Change Your Life We all need to find that place in our life where we can connect with God in silence. That place where we close ourselves off from the business of family life, work, and friendships, and enter into that sacred space. The place where
“What religion are you? What is the purpose of religion?” @impressivehouse #AskTheAbbot
It is Easy Being a Critic, But He Will Never Know Either Defeat or Victory It is easy to be critical of another person, finding fault with what we perceive they are doing, have done, or have not done. Yet the man who points out how another man has stumbled,
The Church is a family, not a cult.
We Are All On the Journey to God, Together There is the wonderful story of a group of African children who were assembled before a large basket of fresh fruit. They were told that the first child who could reach the basket could have all the fruit for themselves. The
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to