We Must Guard Against the Sin of Pride “A most learned elder spiritually admonished a proud brother, but he in his blindness said: ‘Forgive me, father, I am not proud.’ The wise elder said to him: ‘What clearer proof of this passion could you have given us, son, than to
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
Don’t let death stop you.
The Ascetic’s Contribution to Community Saint Seraphim of Sarov told us that if we acquire the Holy Spirit a thousand around us will be saved. Hermits, although distancing themselves from the world, enter into direct communion with God and become intimately connected to community through their contact with God. It
There are job openings in heaven that you were made to fill. Get ready!
His outstretched arms are there, even though we don’t see them We all have those moments in our lives when we feel as though God is absent, even perhaps nonexistent. Those times leave us feeling alone and abandoned, as though we are lost in an empty stadium. We feel as
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We Must Remember to Give God Thanks Frequently “We thank thee, O Christ our God, that thou hast satisfied us with thy earthly gifts, deprive us not of thy Heavenly Kingdom; but as thou entered into the midst of thy disciples, O Saviour, and gave them peace, enter also among
The hidden path to holiness.
It is important that we pray for those who have gone on before us The Apostolic Orthodox and Catholic Church has always prayed for its dead. Although the New Testament does not directly address the subject of praying for the dead, and even though we are told that our departed
“Father, I am a young man considering orthodoxy, and I am currently accepted to college for my declared major of psychology. I intend to obtain a Psy. D and serve others as a clinical psychologist. You’ve spoken in the past about the field of psychology being deeply humanistic and atheistic