Gluttony Kills “My son, while you are still living, test your soul, and see what is bad for it, and do not give in to that. For not everything is profitable for everyone, and not every soul enjoys everything. Do not be gluttonous for every dainty food, and do not
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
Friday October 24, 2025 / October 11, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, one of the seven deacons (1st c.). Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer, bishop of Nicaea (850). Venerable Leonid of Optina (1841). Synaxis of the Saints
Endure & Inherit Joy “Tell me, what is more beautiful than a soul undergoing tribulation, which knows that by enduring it will inherit joy in all things?” Saint Symeon The New Theologian #soul #beautiful #endurance
Thursday October 23, 2025 / October 10, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia at Nicomedia and 200 Martyrs with them (296). St. Innocent, bishop of Penza (1819). Venerable Ambrose of Optina (1891). Synaxis of the Saints of Optina: Leo (1841), Macarius (1894), Moses (1862), Anthony (1865), Hilarion (1873), Ambrose
How You Stand “As people live, so do they behave in church. Because the way one stands in church is a reflection of one’s entire life.” Saint Theophan the Recluse #Church #life #posture
Wednesday October 22, 2025 / October 9, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Oil Allowed Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus (1st c.). Venerable Andronicus and his wife Venerable Athanasia of Egypt (500). New Hieromartyrs Constantine and Peter priests (1918). New Hieromartyr Constantine priest (1937). Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Sebastian Fomin (1997).
Pure & True “God sees your heart, not your words. Strive to make your inner life pure and true, and everything else will follow.” Saint Theophan the Recluse #God #heart #words
Tuesday October 21, 2025 / October 8, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Venerable Pelagia the Penitent of the Mount of Olives (457). New Hieromartyrs Demetrius archbishop of Mozhaysk and with him John deacon, Hieromartyr Ambrosius and Pakhomius, Virgin-martyr Tatiana, Martyr Nicholas, Virgin-martyrs Mary and Nadezhda (1937). New Hieromartyr Jonah bishop of
We Are Royalty The heirs of the eternal Kingdom of God do not live in fear! #God #Jesus #orthodox
Monday October 20, 2025 / October 7, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria (290-303). St. Jonah, bishop of Manchuria (1925). New Hieromartyr Priest Valentine Sventsitsky of Moscow (1931) and Priest Nicholas Kazansky (1931). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1942). Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Venerable Sergius, abbot