Monday, March 9 / February 24 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 24 / March 9. First and Second Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist [(1) Is 40:1-3, 9; 41:17-18; 45:8; 48:20-21; 54:1; (2) Malachi 3:1-3, 5-7, 12, 18; 4:4-6; (3)
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
Sunday, March 8 / February 23 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 23 / March 8. Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. Saints John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses and Damian, ascetics of the Syrian deserts. St. Alexander, founder of the Order of the Unsleeping
The Triumph of Orthodoxy My dear friends, The much respected Mitred Protopriest Victor Potapov, Rector of Saint John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, D.C., sent the following, which I want to share with those who receive The Morning Offering. These words are the pre-1917 recollections of Johann von Gardner, the
Saturday, March 7 / February 22 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 22 / March 7. Opening of the Relics of Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople. Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea
Friday, March 6 / February 21 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 21 / March 6. St. Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia. St. Eustathius (Eustace), Archbishop of Antioch. (services combined) St. George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea. St. John the Scholastic, Patriarch of
Thursday, March 5 / February 20 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 20 / March 5. St. Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily. St. Agatho, pope of Rome. Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him. Beheading of St. Cornelius, abbot of
Wednesday, March 4 / February 19 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 19 / March 4. Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia. St. Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of St. Abba Dorotheus. St. Rabulas of Samosata. Saints Eugene and Macarius, presbyters, confessors
Tuesday, March 3 / February 18 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 18 / March 3. St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome. St. Flavian the confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople. St. Agapitus, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, and Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus, and Agrippa, who
Tuesday, March 3 / February 18 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day February 18 / March 3. St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome. St. Flavian the confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople. St. Agapitus, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, and Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus, and Agrippa, who
Monday, March 2 / February 17 (Church Calendar) ~The Beginning of Great and Holy Lent~ Saints of the Day: February 17 / March 2. Great-Martyr Theodore the Tyro. Opening of the Relics of Martyr Menas of Alexandria (same as December 10). St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip. St. Auxibius, Bishop of