Satan’s Trinity Trap “There are three traps of Satan that steal joy and peace: Regretting about the past, fear for the future, and ingratitude for the present.” Saint Anthony the Great #God #satan #time
Tuesday December 16, 2025 / December 3, 2025 28th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) (635 B.C.). Venerable Sabbas, abbot of Zvenigorod, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1406). New Hieromartyr Andrew priest (1920). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1930). St. Gregory confessor (1960). Venerable Theodulus, eparch of Constantinople
Love Means Looking Out See the Savior in your neighbor, and the Saints will look you in the eyes! #God #charity #love
Monday December 15, 2025 / December 2, 2025 28th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Prophet Habakkuk (Abbacum) (7th c. B.C.). New Hieromartyr John priest (1919). New Hieromartyr Mathew priest (1921). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest and Venerable Vera confessor (1932). New Hieromartyrs Alexis, Constantine, Nicholas, Sergius, Vladimir, John, Theodore, Nicholas,
Hampered When Pampered “When luxury overwhelms the soul, its reasonings within are disturbed… Do not look at the cheerful and merry countenance, but examine the interior, and you will see it full of deep dejection… For the more the body grows sleek and gross, the more lean and weakly is
Sunday December 14, 2025 / December 1, 2025 27th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish Allowed Prophet Nahum (7th c. B.C.). Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Asia Minor (792). Martyr Ananias of Persia. St. Eligius, bishop of Noyon (660) (Neth.). St. Onesimus, archbishop of Ephesus (Greek). Sts. Ananias and
Love Is Not A Lecture “All the lectures in the world cannot teach humility, tears of repentance or sanctification; these come from a personal relationship with God in prayer.” Father Roman Braga #God #relationship #teaching
Saturday December 13, 2025 / November 30, 2025 27th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish Holy and All-praised Apostle Andrew the First-called (62). St. Elias, schemamonk of Valaam and Verkhoturye (1900). New Hieromartyr John priest (1937). St. Frumentius, archbishop of Abyssinia (380). St. Tudwal, bishop in Wales and Brittany
Why You Live https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xPvIAwC72GI “Why did the Lord give me life? So that I would turn with my whole heart to God, for my purification and correction. Remember this and correct yourself.” Saint John of Kronstadt #God #life #heart Featuring the song: “The Spheres” by Ola Gjeilo as performed
Friday December 12, 2025 / November 29, 2025 27th Week after Pentecost. Tone one. Nativity/St. Philip’s Fast Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250). Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (274). Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1941). Venerable Nectarius the Obedient