Father Moses’ brick pathways.
Saints of the Day
Martyr Anastasia the Roman. St. Abramius the Recluse and his niece St. Mary of Mesopotamia. St. Abramius, archimandrite of Rostov. St. Anna of Constantinople. Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Theonilla of Aegae in Cilicia St. Abramius, recluse of the Kiev Caves. New-Martyr Athanasius of Sparta, at Muatanach. Martyr Timothy of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mt. Athos. (Greek Calendar Martyrs Cyril, Menas, and Menaeus. Martyr Melitene of Marcianopolis.)
Quote of the Day
“Dearly Beloved, each word and deed of Our Saviour Jesus Christ is for us a lesson in virtue and piety. For this end also did He assume our nature, so that every man and every woman, contemplating as in a picture the practice of all virtue and piety, might strive with all their hearts to imitate His example. For this He bore our body, so that as far as we could we might repeat within us the manner of His Life. And so therefore, when you hear mention of some word or deed of His, take care not to receive it simply as something that incidentally happened, but raise your mind upwards towards the sublimity of what He is teaching, and strive to see what has been mystically handed down to us.”
Saint Basil the Great “That Prayer is to be placed Before all Things”
Brother Arseniy, removing moss.
Father Moses’ brick pathways.
Photo of the Day
Brother Arseniy, removing moss from the porch of the library. Also, a morning view of Father Moses’ brickwork, within the enclosure.
Scripture Readings for the Day
2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5
Stand Fast13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 3
Pray for Us
1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, 2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.
5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
Luke 11:14-23
A House Divided Cannot Stand14 And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled. 15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebub,[a] the ruler of the demons.”
16 Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven. 17 But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. 18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub. 19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. 22 But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. 23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Amen!