Complete Compassion “The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God’s grace to pray, feels love and compassion for every created thing, and in particular for mankind, for whom the Lord suffered on the Cross, and His soul was heavy for
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
Wednesday September 24, 2025 / September 11, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Food with Oil Translation of the relics of Venerables Sergius and Herman of Valaam. Venerable Theodora of Alexandria (490). Hieromartyrs Nicholas and Victor priests (1918). Hieromartyr Carp priest (1937). Venerable Silouan, elder of Mt. Athos (1938). Hieromartyr Nicholas diacon (1942). Martyrs Demetrius, his
Read, Learn, Grow “We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.” Saint Basil the Great #Bible #Scripture #jesus
Tuesday September 23, 2025 / September 10, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305). New Hieromartyrs Ismail, Eugene, John, Constantine, Peter, Basil, Gleb, Basil, John, Nicholas, Palladius priests, Hieromartyrs Meletius and Gabriel, Martyr Symeon, Virgin-Martyr Tatiana (1937). New Hieromartyr Warus bishop of Lipetsk (1938). Venerable Paul the Obedient of
Like A Lion “Let those who do not believe in divine providence drown in worry; they are certainly justified. But we, who believe that God is present everywhere and that there is no creature outside His providence, are not justified when we worry more than necessary, for through this action
Monday September 22, 2025 / September 9, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna. Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320). Venerable Joseph, abbot of Volokolamsk (or Volotsk) (1515). Uncovering of the relics (1896) of St. Theodosius, archbishop of Chernigov (1696). Elders of the Glinsk Hermitage: Venerables Basil Kishkin (1831);
American Martyr Charlie Kirk? When you love God with your entire being, and your neighbor as yourself, you can find yourself up on a cross in more ways than one. #Jesus #America #charliekirk
Sunday September 21, 2025 / September 8, 2025 15th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone six. Sunday before the Universal Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Kazakhstan (movable holiday on the Sunday after September 3rd). Synaxis of All Saints of Altai (movable
Spiritual Friendship “We have to have spiritual friendship, for that is love, and where there is love, there is God. And where there is no love, there is no God.” Saint Dionysius of Kolitsou #God #friendship #love https://store.vashonmonks.com/rivers-of-living-water/
Saturday September 20, 2025 / September 7, 2025 15th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Saturday before the Universal Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (304). St. John, archbishop and wonderworker of Novgorod (1186). Martyrdom of St. Macarius, archimandrite of Kanev