Sunday July 27, 2025 / July 14, 2025 7th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone six. Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Councils (movable holiday on Sunday closest to July 16). Apostle Aquila of the Seventy, and St. Priscilla (1st c.). New Hieromartyr Constantine priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1933). Venerable Stephen, abbot of
Category: The Morning Offering
Paradise Within God’s Will “The Lord has given the Holy Spirit upon the earth, and in whomsoever He dwells, that one feels paradise within himself. You might say, “Why hasn’t this happened to me?” Because you have not given yourself over to the will of God, but you live according
Saturday July 26, 2025 / July 13, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel. Venerable Stephen of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (794). St. Julian, bishop of Cenomanis (Le Mans) in Gaul (1st c.). Martyr Serapion, under Severus (193). Martyr Marcian of Iconium (258). Translation of the relics (1620) Venerable Anthony Leokhnovsky (1611). Venerable Abbess
Watch Your Mouth “Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth, and a door of enclosure round about my lips.” -Psalm 140:3 (The Psalter According to the Seventy) #censorship #speech #faith
Friday July 25, 2025 / July 12, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Fast. Martyrs Proclus and Hilary of Ancyra (2nd c.). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of the Three Hands”, Hilandar, Mt. Athos. Venerable Michael, monk, of Maleinus (962). Martyrs Theodore and his son John of Kiev (983). Venerable Arsenius of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ (1570). Venerable Simon, abbot of Volomsk
Part-Time Pagans Are you sliding into idolatry without even realizing it? Life as a child of God is not a side-gig! #christian #jesus #pagan
Thursday July 24, 2025 / July 11, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Commemoration of the Miracle (451) of Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304). Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, princess of Russia, in holy baptism called Helen (969). Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), bishop of Verey (1998). Hieromartyr Cindeus of Pamphylia (3rd-4th
Why We Burn “We burn [incense] to praise God. We glorify Him and we are grateful to Him for His abundant benefactions to us and to the entire world. Incense, like the candle, is also an offering… You must put your heart into it. Whether it is an expression of
Wednesday July 23, 2025 / July 10, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Fast. Food with Oil The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord at Moscow (1625). Holy 45 Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia, including Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Anicetus, Sisinius, Meneus, and Belerad (Verelad) (319). Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Caves
Love Christ Through Creation “We attain love for Christ, my child, in the following way: with all our being we strive towards God and call upon Him. Contemplating nature, trees, plants, birds, bees, flowers, the sea, fish, stars, the moon, the sun and the other great multitude of His most