We Are Royalty The heirs of the eternal Kingdom of God do not live in fear! #God #Jesus #orthodox
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
Monday October 20, 2025 / October 7, 2025 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria (290-303). St. Jonah, bishop of Manchuria (1925). New Hieromartyr Priest Valentine Sventsitsky of Moscow (1931) and Priest Nicholas Kazansky (1931). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1942). Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Venerable Sergius, abbot
Love Yourself In The Lord “God loves you the way you are, and He asks you to receive from Him grace and forgiveness so you can become the way your heart desires! Only He can forgive and cleanse you. Your hate toward yourself stains you. You need to ask the
Sunday October 19, 2025 / October 6, 2025 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas (1st c.). New Hieromartyr John priest (1937). Virgin-martyr Eroteis of Cappadocia. New Martyr Macarius at Kion in Bithynia (Mt. Athos) (1590) (Greek). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “O All-Hymned Mother”. Venerable Cindeus of Cyprus, monk
Everything Is Your Cross “To take up your cross means to tolerate everything without complaining, regardless of how unpleasant things might become. …Do not consider yourself punished unjustly, but accept everything as your cross.” Saint Innocent of Alaska #Christian #cross #tolerance
Saturday October 18, 2025 / October 5, 2025 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304). Sts. Peter (1326), Theognostus (1353), Alexis (1378), Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), Jonah (1461), Gerontius (1489), loasaph (1555), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Job (1607), Hermogenes (Germogen) (1612), Tikhon (1925), Peter (1937), Philaret (1867), Innocent (Veniaminov) (1879),
Friday October 17, 2025 / October 4, 2025 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Fast. Food with Oil Hieromartyr Hierotheus, bishop of Athens (1st c.). Uncovering of the relics (1595) of St. Gurias, first archbishop of Kazan (1563) and St. Barsanuphius, bishop of Tver (1576). Synaxis of All Saints of Kazan. New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1918).
Live Simply “Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind.” Saint Paisios the Athonite #God #logic #patience
Wounds to Your Bruises “As soon as you realize that you have sinned against the Lord, add no more wounds to your bruises. But if as a human you fall again, don’t get despondent, don’t despair. For how will the loving Lord, Who told Peter to forgive seventy times seven
Thursday October 16, 2025 / October 3, 2025 19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Hieromartyr Dionysius (Dennys) the Areopagite, and with him Martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius (96). New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928). Finding of the relics (1988) of Venerable Ambrose of Optina (1911). St. Jerome of Aegina (1966). Venerable Dionysius, recluse