Friday December 5, 2025 / November 22, 2025 26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Apostles Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon, and St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul (ca. 109). Martyrdom of St. Michael, prince of Tver (1318). New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1932). New Hieromartyr Iosaph bishop of Mogilev, New Hieromartyrs John, Basil,
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
Saved in Simplicity “So we no longer pursue plainness and simplicity of life. We no longer value stillness, which helps to free us from past defilement, but prefer a whole host of things which distract us uselessly from our true goal. Rivalry over material possessions has made us forget the
Thursday December 4, 2025 / November 21, 2025 26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. Venerable Columbanus of Bobbio, abbot and founder of Luxeuil Abbey (Gaul) (615) (Celtic & British). New Martyrs Priest Alexander Khotovitsky of New
How To Be Angry “Anger is by nature designed for waging war with demons and for struggling with every kind of sinful pleasure. Therefore angels, arousing spiritual pleasure in us and giving us to taste its blessedness, incline us to direct our anger against the demons. But the demons, enticing
Wednesday December 3, 2025 / November 20, 2025 26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Forefeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816). St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (447). New Hieromartyrs Macarius bishop of Ecaterinoslav, Alexis, Alexander, Vladimir, John, Alexis, Basil, Nicholas,
Guarantee Victory “Wait on the Lord.” In due time both you and he who wishes evil to you will realize that He sees and remembers. You may wonder what you have accomplished in not returning evil for evil. You have accomplished the wisest possible thing in any given circumstances, namely:
Tuesday December 2, 2025 / November 19, 2025 26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Oil Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) (9th c. B.C.). Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304). Venerables Barlaam and Ioasaph, prince of India, and St. Abenner the King, father of St. Ioasaph (4th c.). St. Philaret, metropolitan of Moscow (1867). New Hieromartyr
Eternal Treasure Are you trapped by what you treasure? #God #heaven #wealth
Monday December 1, 2025 / November 18, 2025 26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyr Platon of Ancyra (266). Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303). St. Nicholas confessor, priest (1948). Martyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine (303). Synaxis
Unspeakably Moved “Unspeakably moved by the memory of God’s past kindnesses, by the vision of what He now grants or by all that He holds out as a future reward to those who love Him, the mind gives thanks. In this perspective richer prayers are often uttered. Looking with purest