Wednesday September 3, 2025 / August 21, 2025 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Fast. Food with Oil Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44). Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theogonius, Agapius, and Pistus (4th c.). Venerable Abramius, archimandrite, wonderworker of Smolensk (1220). St. Martha, schemanun of Diveyevo (1829). New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1918). New
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
Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice “Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams. For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief.”
Tuesday September 2, 2025 / August 20, 2025 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Prophet Samuel (6th c. B.C.). New Hieromartyrs Joseph Baranov, Alexander Malinivsky, Leo Ershov, and Vladimir Chetverin priests (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas Beriukov priest (1919). Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr Hermogenes (Germogen), bishop of Tobolsk (2005). Hieromartyr Philip, bishop of
Impossible Love? “The Lord says, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you.” Why did He command these things? So that He might free you from hatred, sadness, anger, and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all: perfect love,
Monday September 1, 2025 / August 19, 2025 13th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Martyr Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (3rd c.). St. Nicholas priest (1933). St. Pitirim, bishop of Perm (1455). Martyrs Timothy, Agapius, and Thecla of Palestine (304). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of the Don” (1591). Uncovering of the relics of
Trade Today For Eternity Eternity is a given when you give your all to God! #god #trade #eternity
Advent Retreat with Abbot Tryphon “I Will Walk Among You” (2016) For many, “Christmas” has turned into a consumeristic frenzy, but for Christians it should maintain its profound and reverential meaning: it is the Advent of eternal life through the Incarnation of God the Word in the flesh (prophesied in
Sunday August 31, 2025 / August 18, 2025 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three. Icon of the Mother of God “Enlightener of Minds” (movable holiday on the Sunday after August 15th). 1Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria (2nd c.). New Martyrs Archimandrite Augustine of Orans Monastery, Proto-priest Nicholas of Nizhni-Novgorod, and 15 people with them
Saturday August 30, 2025 / August 17, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyr Myron of Cyzicus (250). Venerable Pimen, archimandrite of Ugresh (1880) New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1937). Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Caves (1114). Martyrs Paul and his sister Juliana of Syria (273). Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Coronatus, with others at
Bamboozled By The Byzantine Rite? Abbot Tryphon reveals the trials, traps, and tricks along his path to becoming fully Christian. #orthodox #catholic #monk