Vigilantly Exercise Virtue in the Coming Year It is a tradition among Americans to make a New Year’s Resolution, pledging ourselves to positive change in the coming months. We decide we’re going to lose weight, and set the loss of a certain amount as our goal for the coming year.
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
An Old Monk Looks Back on His Life I am amazed that a young man of twenty-two, when this photo was taken, now looks like I do today. Some would say that time has not been kind to me. But as an Orthodox Christian, I know that it is ultimately
We Only Think We Can Be Of Christ And Of The World “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24). As
We Only Think We Can Be Of Christ And Of The World “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24). As
May 2022 Be A Year Filled With Christ’s Light in Our Hearts I want to greet all my readers as we begin the year 2022 with the words, “Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory to Him forever”. May this year be one of spiritual renewal for all of us, and may
Can God’s Temple be Duplicated at Home? Over the years I have met people who have chosen not to join a church, choosing, rather, to “worship” at home. Some have convinced themselves church is a waste of time, and feel they can be close to God while staying home on
There is a point I wish to clarify regarding my article, “A Gift From God”. I strongly believe that it must be up to each individual to make a decision as to whether to receive the vaccine. I am not a clairvoyant, nor do I see myself as having the inner