Bamboozled By The Byzantine Rite? Abbot Tryphon reveals the trials, traps, and tricks along his path to becoming fully Christian. #orthodox #catholic #monk
Suffering is a Gift From God! “My dear, suffering is a gift from God! It is a mistake to run from your own suffering. You are truly free only when you are struggling, when you are present on the cross. Suffering brings deep wisdom and make[s] you reflect more seriously
Friday August 29, 2025 / August 16, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Food with Oil Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944). Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298). 33 Martyrs of Palestine. New Hieromartyr Stephen priest (1918). New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir
The Eternal Sickness “The soul is greater than the body: the body becomes sick, and with that it is finished. But a spiritual sickness extends into eternity. Deliver us, O Lord, from such illness, and grant us healing.” Saint Macarius of Optina #soul #body #spiritual
Friday August 29, 2025 / August 16, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Food with Oil Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944). Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298). 33 Martyrs of Palestine. New Hieromartyr Stephen priest (1918). New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir
Thursday August 28, 2025 / August 15, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Novgorod). Reverence list of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God: “Kievo-Pechersk” (1073), “Ovinovsk” (1425), “Pskov-Pechersk” (1472), “Semigorodnaya” (15th c.) and “Piukhtitsk” (16th c.). “Mosdok” (13th
Spiritual Life Begins “Spiritual life begins when things seem absolutely hopeless; that is when one learns to turn to God and not to our own feeble efforts and ideas.” Blessed Seraphim Rose #God #spiritual #hope
Wednesday August 27, 2025 / August 14, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Forefeast of the Dormition. Prophet Micah (8th c. B.C.). Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves (1091). New Hieromartyr Basil bishop of Chernigov and with him
Bother To Know Him “What is the deeper, underlying cause that keeps us from repenting? Now we have the answer: it is the simple fact that we have not yet come to know God; that we have not yet felt His holiness. And the reason we don’t know God is
Tuesday August 26, 2025 / August 13, 2025 12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Wine & Oil Allowed Apodosis of the Transfiguration. Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662). Uncovering of the relics of St. Maximus of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1547). St. Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia (1783). New Hieromartyrs John,