Sunday October 5, 2025 / September 22, 2025 17th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone eight. Prophet Jonah (9th c. B.C.). Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope (117). Venerable Jonah the Presbyter (9th c.), father of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer and St. Theodore Graptus. Blessed Parasceve od Diveyevo (1915). New Martyr Benjamin bishop of Romanovsk (1930). Venerable Jonah, abbot of
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
We Are All Suffering “I say this to everyone who is suffering and having a hard time today. We are all suffering. And I will tell you the one you envy also has his own pain. Everyone thinks that his problem is the biggest. But God tells you: “I come
Saturday October 4, 2025 / September 21, 2025 17th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Saturday after the Universal Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Cross. Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy (130). Uncovering of the relics (1752) of St. Demetrius, metropolitan of Rostov (1709). New Hieromartyrs
Careful Watching “For anything that is quickly obtained is also easily lost, whereas everything found with toil is also kept with careful watching.” Saint Isaac the Syrian #God #orthodox #watching
The All-Merciful Saviour Monastery has big plans to expand this outpost of prayer with space for more guests and monks. Come and see, and maybe even help make it happen! https://www.vashonmonksbuild.com/
Friday October 3, 2025 / September 20, 2025 17th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. Food with Oil Great-martyr Eustathius (Eustace) Placidas, his wife Martyr Theopistes, and their children Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome (118). Holy Martyr and Confessor Michael and his counselor Theodore, wonderworkers of Chernigov (1245). New Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky), archbishop of Irkutsk (1925). New Hieromartyrs Theoktist
You Will Die! “Our mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it. When we forget about death, then we begin to live on earth as if we were immortal, and we sacrifice all our activity to the
Thursday October 2, 2025 / September 19, 2025 17th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synnada (276). St. Theodore, prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav (1299), and his children Sts. David and Constantine. New Martyr Priest Constantine (Golubev) of Bogorodsk (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1919). Venerable Alexis, Hieroschemamonk of Zosima Hermitage (1928). New Martyr
“We are in God’s hands. God observes us very closely and knows everyone’s heart. He will not be unjust with us. Since there is divine righteousness and divine rewards, and God loves us – the most important thing of all – then whatever good is done by anyone will never
Wednesday October 1, 2025 / September 18, 2025 17th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Eumenes, bishop of Gortyna (7th c.). Glorification (1698) of Venerable Euphrosyne, nun, of Suzdal (1250). Venerable Hilarion of Optina (1873). New Hieromartyrs Alexis and Peter priests (1918). New Hieromartyrs