Author: Abbot Tryphon
Plant Kindness “A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” Saint Basil the Great #love #kindness #friendship Friday May 16, 2025 / May 3, 2025 Fourth Week
Soul Inclination “Pay heed, also, to the intention of your will, watching which way it inclines: whether it is towards God, whether it is for the sake of good itself and for the benefit of your soul that you sit in silence, psalmodise, recite prayers or perform any other good
Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Mid-Pentecost.
God of the Strange “The days are coming when more and more the world will become a strange and odder and odder place, but Christ will come and reach out to people in those odd and strange places.” Saint Nektary of Optina #jesuschrist #strange #orthodoxy Wednesday May 14, 2025 /
Consistently Pray “Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God… Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: “Without Me you can’t do anything.” (John 15:5) Saint Mark the
Only God Remains “Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life,
The journey to God transforms us when get up and walk away from our old ways. The time has come for a new life in Christ! #change #love #jesuschrist
Sunday May 11, 2025 / April 28, 2025 Fourth Sunday of Pascha: The Paralyzed Man. Tone three. Translation of the relics of Martyr Abramius of Bulgaria (1230) (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of Pascha). Righteous Tabitha (1st c.) (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of Pascha). New Martyr Theodore of Bizantium, who died
Seek One Thing “It is only necessary to seek one thing: to be with Jesus. The man who remains with Jesus is rich, even if he is poor with regard to material things. Whoever desires the earthly more than the heavenly loses both the earthly and the heavenly. But whoever