Part-Time Pagans Are you sliding into idolatry without even realizing it? Life as a child of God is not a side-gig! #christian #jesus #pagan
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
Thursday July 24, 2025 / July 11, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Commemoration of the Miracle (451) of Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304). Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, princess of Russia, in holy baptism called Helen (969). Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), bishop of Verey (1998). Hieromartyr Cindeus of Pamphylia (3rd-4th
Why We Burn “We burn [incense] to praise God. We glorify Him and we are grateful to Him for His abundant benefactions to us and to the entire world. Incense, like the candle, is also an offering… You must put your heart into it. Whether it is an expression of
Wednesday July 23, 2025 / July 10, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Fast. Food with Oil The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord at Moscow (1625). Holy 45 Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia, including Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Anicetus, Sisinius, Meneus, and Belerad (Verelad) (319). Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Caves
Love Christ Through Creation “We attain love for Christ, my child, in the following way: with all our being we strive towards God and call upon Him. Contemplating nature, trees, plants, birds, bees, flowers, the sea, fish, stars, the moon, the sun and the other great multitude of His most
Tuesday July 22, 2025 / July 9, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.). Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901). New Hieromartyr Constantine priest (1918). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna in Crete (250-252). Martyrs Patermuthius, Coprius, and Alexander the Soldier, in Egypt (361).
Good Thoughts “If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partially judging, you will find that he is better than you.” Saint Basil the Great
Monday July 21, 2025 / July 8, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Appearance of the “Kazan” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579). Holy Great-martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine (303). St. Procopius, fool-for-Christ, wonderworker of Ustiug (Vologda) (1303). New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Theodore and Nicholas priests (1918). Righteous Procopius, fool-for-Christ of Usya (Vologda) (17th
Begin Again in Gratitude Jesus Christ can heal your body and soul, forgive your sins, and give you a new beginning. #Jesus #confession #gratitude
Sunday July 20, 2025 / July 7, 2025 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five. Venerable Thomas of Mt. Maleon (10th c.). Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1918). Venerable Eudocia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, grand-duchess of Moscow (1407). Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Venerable Gerasimus, abbot