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Category: The Morning Offering
Monday November 11, 2024 / October 29, 2024 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Virgin-martyr Anastasia the Roman (256). Venerable Abramius the Recluse (360) and his niece St. Mary, of Mesopotamia (397). Venerable Abramius, archimandrite of Rostov (Valaam) (1073). New Hieromartyrs Nicholas priest and with him Cosma, Victor, Naum, Philip, John, Paul, Andrew, Paul, Basil, Alexis, John
Divine Liturgy Sunday November 10, 2024 / October 28, 2024 20th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three. Great-martyr Parasceva of Iconium (3rd c.). Martyrs Terence and Neonilla of Syria, and their children Sarbelus, Photus, Theodulus, Hierax, Nitus, Bele, and Eunice (249). Venerable Stephen of St. Sabbas monastery, hymnographer (807). St. Arsenius I of Srem, archbishop of Serbia (1266). Repose of Venerable Job of Pochaev (1651).
“Compel yourselves; say the prayer; stop idle talk; close your mouths to criticism; place doors and locks against unnecessary words. Time passes and does not come back, and woe to us if time goes by without spiritual profit.” Geronda Ephraim of Arizona & Philotheou Saturday November 9, 2024 / October
Friday November 8, 2024 / October 26, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Food with Oil Holy and Glorious Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica (306). Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740 A.D. Venerable Theophilus of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1482). Martyr Luppos (306). Venerable Athanasius of Medikion Monastery (814). Venerable Demetrius of Basarbov
Thursday November 7, 2024 / October 25, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries of Constantinople (355). St. Matrona the Confessor of Diveyevo (1963). Venerable Martyrius the Deacon (13th c.) and Venerable Martyrius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves. Martyr Anastasius the Fuller at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd c.). St. Tabitha, the
Compelled to Live With Joyfulness of Heart Saint Seraphim said, “When despondency seizes us, let us not give in to it. Rather, fortified and protected by the light of faith, let us with great courage say to the spirit of evil: “What are you to us, you who are cut
“How does one bear afflictions? Rely on God’s will. And concerning Those whom you consider guilty, think, as it is written by Saint Mark the Ascetic, that they’re only instruments of our salvation.” St. Nikon of Optina Tuesday November 5, 2024 / October 23, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.
The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Monday November 4, 2024 / October 22, 2024 20th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, commemorating the deliverance from the Poles in 1612. Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius, bishop and wonderworker of Hierapolis (167). 7 Holy Youths (“7 Sleepers”) of Ephesus: Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian,
The surge of young people coming into the church in recent years has been a joyful miracle, and a call to action! #service #clergy #orthodoxchurch Sunday November 3, 2024 / October 21, 2024 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Venerable Hilarion the Great of Palestine (371). Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, bishop