Tuesday January 6, 2026 / December 24, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Fast. Food with Oil The Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Rozhdestvenskyi Sochelnik). Nun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her Martyrs Philip her father, Protus, Hyacinth (Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262). New Hieromartyr Innocentius (1928). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest
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
Cross Through The Pain Salvation is a bitter pill. Take it if you want to live. #jesus #hope #health
Monday January 5, 2026 / December 23, 2025 31st Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus (250). New Hieromartyr Basil priest
Hold Up “Husband and wife aren’t two people negotiating “my rights,” but two wounded people holding hands so they don’t fall; when one fades, the other carries it. When one is dark, the other lights the light of gentleness.” Mother Siluana #husband #wife #marriage
Sunday January 4, 2026 / December 22, 2025 30th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Food with Oil Sunday before the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Great-martyr Anastasia of Rome, deliverer from bonds, and her teacher Martyr Chrysogonus, and with them
Saturday January 3, 2026 / December 21, 2025 30th Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Food with Oil Saturday the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Virgin-martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and with her 500 men and 130 women (304). Repose of St. Peter,
Silent Serving “We ate that which was given to us. No one ever said: ‘Give me something else,’ or, ‘I do not want that.’ In this manner, we spent our entire life in silence and peace.” Saint Poemen the Great #peace #silence #food Featuring the song: “The Truth From Above”
Heal “No one heals himself by wounding another.” Saint Ambrose of Milan #heal #wound #orthodox
Friday January 2, 2026 / December 20, 2025 30th Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Food with Oil Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch (107). Repose of Righteous John of Kronstadt (1908). Venerable Ignatius, archimandrite of the Kiev Caves (1435). St. Anthony, archbishop of Voronezh (1846).
Living The Promise “Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing