Monday August 11, 2025 / July 29, 2025 10th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (250). New Hieromartyrs Venerables Seraphim (Bogoslovsky) and Theognost (1921). New Hieromartyr Anatole (1930-1935). New Hieromartyr Alexis priest, and Martyr Pachomius (1938). Venerables Constantine and Cosmas, abbots of Kosinsk (Pskov) (13th c.). Martyr Daniel of Cherkassk
Category: The Morning Offering
Alone To Gather Spend time with God on the mountain top so you can sail through the storms of life in the ship of salvation! #God #faith #family
Sunday August 10, 2025 / July 28, 2025 9th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone eight. Appearance of the “Smolensk” “Directress” Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople in 1046. Holy Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas (1st c.). St. Pitirim, bishop of Tambov (1698). Synaxis of All Saints of Tambov. New Hieromartyr
Constant Confession? Can you confess too frequently? #orthodoxy #confession #truth “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer
Saturday August 9, 2025 / July 27, 2025 9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305). Commemoration of the canonization of Venerable Herman of Alaska (1970). New Hieromartyrs Ambrose, bishop of Sarapul, priests Plato and Panteleimon (1918). New Hieromartyr John priest (1941). St. Ioasaph, metropolitan of Moscow (1555). Blessed Nicholas Kochanov, fool-for-Christ at
Manfully Endure The Suffering “It is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but if they are remembered without sorrow, they will introduce the previous defilement. If you want to bring to God an uncondemned confession, then don’t
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
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