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).
Category: The Morning Offering
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
Sunday August 3, 2025 / July 21, 2025 8th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone seven. Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. B.C.). Venerable Symeon of Emesa, fool-for-Christ (590), and his fellow faster Venerable John. Synaxis of saints of Smolensk (movable holiday on the Sunday before July 28th). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1938). Uncovering of the relics of St. Romanus
Nothing To Offer Q: “What can I offer the Lord when I have nothing?” A: “Offer Him your “nothing”. You keep striving, like me and like many of us, to fill this “nothing” by pouring all kinds of trifles and lies into it…Now try to stand before Him as NOTHING
Saturday August 2, 2025 / July 20, 2025 8th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Holy Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah) (9th c. B.C.). Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhloma Lake (1375), disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. Uncovering of the relics of St. Athanasius, abbot, of Brest-Litovsk (1649). New Hieromartyrs Constantine and Nicholas priests (1918). Priest Philosoph
Rejoice With Angelic Joy! “Can one, seeing the sun with one’s sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees with its inner eye the Sun of justice, Christ! Then in truth one rejoices with angelic joy; of this the Apostle too said: ‘Our
Friday August 1, 2025 / July 19, 2025 8th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Fish, Wine & Oil Allowed Venerable Macrina, sister of St. Basil the Great (380). Venerable Dius, abbot, of Antioch (430). Uncovering of the relics (1903) of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov. Synaxis of All Saints of Kursk. Blessed Romanus, prince of Ryazan
The Purpose of Christian Life “When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.” Saint Mark the Ascetic #Christian #purpose #virtue
Thursday July 31, 2025 / July 18, 2025 8th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Martyr Emilian of Silistra in Bulgaria (363). Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris (4th c.). New Hieromartyrs Appolinarius (1918). Venerable John the Long-suffering of the Kiev Caves (1160). Venerable Pambo, recluse of the Kiev Caves (1241). Venerable Pambo, hermit of Egypt (386). Synaxis of All Saints of
Healing Hurts “When you start to pray, you start to see yourself. When you see yourself, it starts to hurt. And when it hurts, you start to heal. Prayer is not a simple request, but an encounter with the Truth about yourself, about God, about life. Do not be afraid