Author: Abbot Tryphon

Old Abbot Tryphon is still unable to negotiate the steps of our monastery’s temple, so I needed our Hieromonk Nicodemus to bring the Holy Mysteries to my monastic cell. Just as we all need the Eucharist to sustain us, when one is struggling with health issues the need is often

A Defeatist Attitude is a Prescription for Defeat Our attitude, and even our speech, reflect on the health of our soul, and should be a key sign as to the wellness of our heart. If we are prone to complaining about our lives, or complaining about those around us, it

How to Find Hope When you Face Mortality I was listening to one of the last songs recorded by Johnny Cash, probably the best country western singer of all time, and I was struck by the line in his song, “put me in my box on the 309,” coming from

Fruitful When Faithful   God made man to glorify Him, love Him, and contemplate Him while both living like Him and living with Him. Consequently, for us to fully flourish, we must abide with Him as a Christian. Then we are united to Him spiritually and physically, and are empowered

Do All and StandFinally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against

Work and Pray Away Despondency “In the life of the soul, acedia [sonetimes translated despondency or depression] thus represents a type of dead end. A distaste for all that is available combined with a diffuse longing for what is not available paralyzes the natural functions of the soul to such

Liberated By Love The inevitability of death is particularly difficult to face for most Americans, as we’ve become a people that eschew traditional funerals, preferring to “celebrate the life of our loved one, while disposing of the body, and banning any sign of death from the memorial service should we

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I was set free from the care center while the Church commemorates Moses, that great liberator, and delivered back to the island monastery over the waters. Now my recovery continues in my community of monks, and I ask for your prayers. https://old.bitchute.com/channel/biS7knluD2ZU/

The Promised Land If home is where the heart is, then we should be mindful of what we set our hearts on. This is the choice between heaven and hell, good and evil, love and hate, and it’s made in little and large ways in each moment until we stand