Sunday May 4, 2025 / April 21, 2025 Third Sunday of Pascha: The Myrrh-bearing Women. Tone two. Sts. Myrrh-Bearing Women, righteous Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (celebration on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha). Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia (movable holiday on the Sunday of Myrrh-Bearing Women). Sts. Mary and Martha, sisters of St. Lazarus
Category: The Morning Offering
Humble Thoughts “Whenever a person looks upon himself with humble thoughts and self-reproach, he will see in his soul a sweet repose, peace, consolation, relief, and hope! While on the contrary, what shows him his pride of soul is restlessness, agitation, wrath, boasting, haughty tendencies, and so on.” Elder Ephraim
Overnight guests Alex, Donovan, and Kelton with Fr Tryphon in the trapeza after breakfast and a discussion about Orthodoxy.
Burn With Desire https://youtube.com/shorts/QarMj2NA5Wk “The Lord loves all people, but He loves those who seek Him even more. To his chosen ones the Lord gives such great grace that for love they forsake the whole earth, the whole world, and their souls burn with desire that all people might be
Summit of Wisdom “The fear of God illumines the soul, annihilates evil, weakens the passions, drives darkness from the soul and makes it pure. The fear of God is the summit of wisdom. Where it is not you will find nothing good. Whoever does not have the fear of God
Blessed With Guests Akakios and Anastasia Young blessed our Monastery with help in the new orchard today. Glory to God for All Things!
Courage During Repentance “Recollect the fall of the strong, that thou mayest remain humble under thy virtues. And think of the heavy sins of those who fell and repented; and of the praise and honour they received afterwards, so that thou mayest acquire courage during repentance.” Saint Isaac the Syrian
The Joyful Dead Christ is Risen! Death is defeated! Let us celebrate with and pray for the faithful departed so that, together as one family in Jesus Christ, we might all rejoice forever in paradise! #JesusChrist #dead #celebration
Beauty From Desolation Tuesday April 29, 2025 / April 16, 2025 Radonitsa, or Day of Rejoicing. Commemoration of the Dead. Tone one. Virgin-martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (304). Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice, Galina, Callista (Calisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene of Corinth (250). The Weeping Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Ilyin Chernigov” (1658) and “Tambov” Icon (1692). Venerable Theodora-Bassa,
Great Before The Eternal “One should never compare oneself with anyone else. Each one of us, however small he may be, is great before the Eternal. God establishes with each human being a unique and loving relationship.” Saint Sophrony of Essex #God #love #comparison Monday April 28, 2025 / April