Tuesday July 22, 2025 / July 9, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.). Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901). New Hieromartyr Constantine priest (1918). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna in Crete (250-252). Martyrs Patermuthius, Coprius, and Alexander the Soldier, in Egypt (361).
Category: The Morning Offering
Good Thoughts “If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partially judging, you will find that he is better than you.” Saint Basil the Great
Monday July 21, 2025 / July 8, 2025 7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five. Appearance of the “Kazan” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579). Holy Great-martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine (303). St. Procopius, fool-for-Christ, wonderworker of Ustiug (Vologda) (1303). New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Theodore and Nicholas priests (1918). Righteous Procopius, fool-for-Christ of Usya (Vologda) (17th
Begin Again in Gratitude Jesus Christ can heal your body and soul, forgive your sins, and give you a new beginning. #Jesus #confession #gratitude
Sunday July 20, 2025 / July 7, 2025 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five. Venerable Thomas of Mt. Maleon (10th c.). Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1918). Venerable Eudocia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, grand-duchess of Moscow (1407). Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Venerable Gerasimus, abbot
Filled With Wonder “If you wish to gain delight in reading texts and understand the words of the Spirit you utter, brush aside the quantity and number of verses, so that your mind could be absorbed in studying the words of the Spirit, until, filled with wonder at the Divine
Saturday July 19, 2025 / July 6, 2025 6th Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Synaxis of All Saints of Radonezh. Venerable Sisoes the Great of Egypt (429). New Hieromartyr Simon, bishop of Ufa (1921). New Martyr Euthymius (1931). New Martyr Theodore (1943). Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Uncovering of the relics of
“When we call upon the Saints in prayer, if we pronounce their names from the heart, it already means that we bring them near our heart itself. Therefore ask their prayers and intercession undoubtingly for yourself. They will hear you, and will speedily lay your prayers before the Lord, in
Friday July 18, 2025 / July 5, 2025 6th Week after Pentecost. Tone four. Fast. Food with Oil Venerable Athanasius of Mt. Athos (1003) and his six disciples. Uncovering of the relics (1422) of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1392). New Hieromartyr Gennadius priest, Martyrdom of St. Elizabeth Romanov and Nun Barbara (1918). Venerable Agapitus, confessor (1936). Martyr Anna at