Wednesday July 2, 2025 / June 19, 2025 4th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Food with Oil Holy Apostle Jude, the Brother of the Lord (80). St. Job, patriarch of Moscow (1607). St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker Venerable Barlaam, monk, of Shenkursk (1462). Martyr Zosimas the Soldier
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
We Are The Ships “The present transitory life is like the sea and we are the ships. Just as ships at sea don’t encounter only peace, but many times meet with strong winds and great storms, scandals, temptations, sicknesses, sorrows, distress, persecutions and various dangers. We mustn’t, however, lose courage.
We were blessed to have Fr Peter Heers and his family visit the monastery yesterday. Tuesday July 1, 2025 / June 18, 2025 4th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Food with Oil Martyr Leontius, and with him Martyrs Hypatius and Theodulus, at Tripoli in Syria (73). New Hieromartyrs Nicanor, Basil,
Desperate For God https://youtube.com/shorts/RraG2vUkWaY “When conversion takes place, the process of revelation occurs in a very simple way – a person is in need, he suffers, and then somehow the other world opens up. The more you are in suffering and difficulties and are ‘desperate’ for God, the more He
Monday June 30, 2025 / June 17, 2025 4th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael of Persia (362). New Hieromartyrs Aberkius priest and Nicander (1918). New Hieromartyr Maximus (1934). Virgin-Martyr Pelagia (1943). Hieromartyr Philoneides, bishop of Kurion in Cyprus
The Situation is Sent to Change Us “It is a fearful thing that we pray to God to change our situation, not realizing that He has sent it exactly as it is in order to change us.” Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra
Sunday June 29, 2025 / June 16, 2025 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed Celebration in Vologda to the venerable fathers of Vologda (movable holiday on the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost). Synaxis of Novgorod Hierarchs (movable holiday on the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost). Synaxis of
Here is the Struggle “Don’t be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns.” Saint Barsanuphius the Great
Saturday June 28, 2025 / June 15, 2025 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed St. Jonah, metropolitan of Moscow (1461). Prophet Amos (8th c. B.C.). New Hieromartyr Amos priest (1919). St. Michael, first metropolitan of Kiev (992). Venerables Gregory and Cassian, abbots of Avnezh (Vologda) (1392) (translation of
Teacher Experience “As it is impossible to verbally describe the sweetness of honey to one who has never tasted honey, so the goodness of God cannot be clearly communicated by way of teaching if we ourselves are not able to penetrate into the goodness of the Lord by our own