Friday August 8, 2025 / July 26, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia. New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1937). Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves (1043). Martyr Parasceve of Rome (138). St. Jacob (Netsvetov) of Atka-Island and Ikogmute, mission priest
Category: The Morning Offering
Let Thy Will Be Done! “Give your intentions in prayer to God, Who knows everyone, even before our birth. And do not ask that everything will be according to your will, because a man does not know what is profitable for him. But say to God, “Let Thy will be
Thursday August 7, 2025 / July 25, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. The Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. Holy Women Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess of Constantinople (409), and the Virgin Eupraxia of Tabenna (413). Venerable Macarius, abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha (1444). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1918). New Hieromartyr
Repentance NOW! “One can be late for the train or the plane. He may not be able to sail the ship. He may not be able to write a will, or to finish the verses he started… In fact, not being able to tackle a task on time—that’s trifling. But
Wednesday August 6, 2025 / July 24, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. Food with Oil Martyr Christina of Tyre (300). Holy Martyrs and Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism Romanus and David (1015). New Hieromartyr Alpheus deacon (1937). Sts. Nicholas (1942) and John (1951) confessors, priests. Uncovering of the relics of
Fellowship of the Suffering “It is a fearful thing to hate whom God has loved. To look upon another – his weaknesses, his sins, his faults, his defects – is to look upon one who is suffering. He is suffering from negative passions, from the same sinful human corruption from
Tuesday August 5, 2025 / July 23, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. “Pochaev” (1675) Icon of the Mother of God. Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and 13 others in Lycia (305). St. Theodore of Sanaskar (Glorification 2001). New Hieromartyr Michael priest and Martyr Andrew (1938). Hieromartyr Apollinaris, bishop of Ravenna (75). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The
City of Peace “Your constant care should be not to let your heart become agitated or troubled, but to use every effort to keep it peaceful and calm. Seeing your efforts and endeavors, God will send you His grace and will make your soul a city of peace.” Saint Porphyrios
Monday August 4, 2025 / July 22, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalen (1st c.). Translation of the relics (404) of Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope (117). New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1931). Venerable Cornelius, monk, of Pereyaslavl, and confessor of Alexandrov Convent (1693).
All Given To Give To All You were given everything so you could give it all away. There is no hoarding or scarcity in our infinite God! #God #family #giving