Many of you have heard the reports that two more police officers have been shot this week, again in Pierce County, Washington. This, following the funeral of the four Lakewood Police Department officers, murdered, in cold blood, in an area coffee shop. That shooting happened about a week following the
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
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 10 / 23. Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus of Alexandria [Eph 6:10-17; Lk 21:12-19]. St. Ioasaph, Bishop ofBelgorod (also 4 September). Martyr Gemellus of Paphlagonia. St. Thomas of Bithynia. Blessed John, king of Serbia, and hisparents Stephen
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 9 / 22. The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos [Gal 4:22-31; Lk 8:16-21]. Prophetess Anna (Hannah),mother of Prophet Samuel. St. Stephen the New Light of Constantinople. St. Sophronius, Archbishop of Cyprus. (Greek Calendar:Martyr
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 8 / 21. St. Patapius of Thebes. Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus,Caesar and Onesiphorus. Holy 362 Martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians, and Martyr Anthusa, at Rome. St. Cyril, abbot of
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 7 / 20. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. St. Anthony, abbot of Siya Monastery (Novgorod). St. Nilus, monk of StolbenskLake. St. Paul the Obedient. St. John, faster of St. Sabbas’ Monastery. St. John, faster of the Kiev
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Feast of our Father Among the Saints, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra Saints of the Day December 6 / 19. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia [(1) Prov 10:7, 6; 3:13-16; 8:6, 32, 34, 4, 12, 14, 17,5-9;
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 5 / 18. St Sabbas the Sanctified, Martyrs of Karyes, St.Nectarius of Bitola, Sts. Karyon and Zachariah Photo of the Day Quote of the Day “What we gain by fasting is not so great as the damage
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 4 / 17. Great-Martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana at Heliopolis in Syria [Gal 3:23-29; Mk 5:24-34]; St. John Damascene.St. John, Bishop of Polybotum. Repose of St. Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod. New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of thePhanar in
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 3 / 16. Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias). St. Sabbas, abbot of Zvenigorod, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh. St.Theodulus, eparch of Constantinople. St. John the Silent of St. Sabbas’ Monastery. Hieromartyr Theodore, Archbishop ofAlexandria. New Hieromartyr Gabriel, Bishop
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day December 2 / 15. Prophet Habbakuk (Abbacum). St. Athanasius the Resurrected, recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are inthe Near Caves. Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew, and Theophilus of Egypt (also 12 June). Martyr Myrope of Chios. St.