Don’t Be A Troublemaker “If you aren’t a peacemaker, at least don’t be a troublemaker.” Saint Isaac the Syrian #Jesus #peacemaker #orthodox Music by Gus Reeves: https://soundcloud.com/gusreeves/the-hurts-to-be
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
Tuesday November 4, 2025 / October 22, 2025 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, commemorating the deliverance from the Poles in 1612. Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius, bishop and wonderworker of Hierapolis (167). 7 Holy Youths (“7 Sleepers”) of Ephesus: Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian, Dionysius, Antoninus, Constantine (Hexakustodianos), and John
Work Out Your Salvation The journey up to heaven is a marathon: it takes training, effort, and all the help you can get! #jesus #orthodox #workout
Monday November 3, 2025 / October 21, 2025 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Venerable Hilarion the Great of Palestine (371). Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164). New Hieromartyrs Paulinus bisop of Mogilev, Arkadius bishop of Ekaterinburg and with them Anatolius and Nicander priests and Martyr Cyprian (1937).
Your Life is My Life “Your life is my life. If you don’t sacrifice yourself for people, nothing will be accomplished.” Saint Gabriel of Georgia #life #sacrifice #orthodox
Sunday November 2, 2025 / October 20, 2025 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone four. Great-martyr Artemius at Antioch (362). New Martyr Priest Nicholas (Liubomudrov) of Latskoye village, Yaroslavl (1918). New Hieromartyrs Herman bishop of Alatyr, Zosima, John, John, John, Nicholas, Leonid, John and Alexander priests, Michael and Peter deacons and Martyr Paul (1937). Venerable Gabriel of
Pray From The Depths “Prayer can be said with the lips. It can be said aloud. It can be uttered within the mouth, or in the throat. It can also be said from the heart. Instead of vocal cords, the strings of the heart can be sounded, sending forth the
Saturday November 1, 2025 / October 19, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Demetrius (Parental) Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. Prophet Joel (800 B.C.). Martyr Warus and seven monk-martyrs in Egypt (307). Translation of the relics (1195) of Venerable John, abbot of Rila in Bulgaria (946). Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901).
Flesh Made Foe “Through our anxiety about worldly things we hinder the soul from enjoying divine blessings and we bestow on the flesh greater care and comfort than are good for it. We nourish it with what is harmful and thus make it an adversary, so that it not only
Friday October 31, 2025 / October 18, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Fast. Oil Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st c.). Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515). New Hieromartyrs Andrew, Sergius, Nicholas and Sergius priests, Virgin-martyr Elizabeth (1937). Repose of Jose Munoz-Cortez who met with a martyric death (1997).