Monday September 29, 2025 / September 16, 2025 17th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304). New Hieromartyr Gregory Raevsky priest (1937). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1942). Translation of the relics of St. Alexis of Moscow (2001). Repose of St. Cyprian, metropolitan of Kiev (1406). St. Photius, metropolitan of
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Church Outside The Box The church is not a building, and the beautiful life of God’s people should shine out everywhere we go! #Jesus #church #family
Sunday September 28, 2025 / September 15, 2025 16th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone seven. Sunday after the Universal Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth (372). New Hieromartyr John priest and Virgin-martyr Eudocia (1918). New Hieromartyrs Andrew, Gregory, Gregory, John priests (1921). Venerable Ignatius confessor (1932).
The Worst Demon “We must be careful to guard our thoughts from judging and criticizing, because the worst demon is criticism. The first toll-house we will encounter is that of criticism. Therefore extreme humility is necessary. We must cast out whatever thoughts are impure and evil. Let us not allow
Saturday September 27, 2025 / September 14, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Food with Oil The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross. Repose of St. John Chrysostom (407). New Hieromartyr John priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1937). “Lesna” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1696). Martyr Papas of Lycaonia
God’s Unceasing Compassion “When a man clearly senses God’s mercy toward him, he is startled, as from a dull and senseless dream, and becomes ashamed of his long blindness to God’s unceasing compassion.” Saint Nikolai Velimirovich #God #mercy #compassion
Friday September 26, 2025 / September 13, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Food with Oil Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (The Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335). Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c.). New Hieromartyrs Stephan, Alexander priests and Nicholas deacon (1937). Martyrs Cronides, Leontius,
Our Life’s Purpose “You should know that our life’s purpose is not to be good, but to be with God in us so that His Life can become our life too.” Mother Siluana #God #purpose #life
Thursday September 25, 2025 / September 12, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Apodosis of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop in Italy (313). Venerable Athanasius (1401), disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh and abbot of the Vysotsk Monastery in Serpukhov, and his disciple Venerable Athanasius (1395). New Hieromartyrs Theodore, John, Nicholas priests and
🇸🇾 Syria – Mass Burning of Orthodox Villages and Monasteries As announced by the Antiochian Patriarchate, for several days now across Syria there has been a systematic and unprecedented massacre of Christians, the killing of monks, the burning of monasteries, as well as the looting and burning of entire