Flesh Made Foe “Through our anxiety about worldly things we hinder the soul from enjoying divine blessings and we bestow on the flesh greater care and comfort than are good for it. We nourish it with what is harmful and thus make it an adversary, so that it not only
Friday October 31, 2025 / October 18, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Fast. Oil Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st c.). Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515). New Hieromartyrs Andrew, Sergius, Nicholas and Sergius priests, Virgin-martyr Elizabeth (1937). Repose of Jose Munoz-Cortez who met with a martyric death (1997).
Forget About You “If you knew how quickly people would forget about you after your death, you will not seek in your life to please anyone but God.” Saint John Chrysostom #God #death #orthodox
Thursday October 30, 2025 / October 17, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Prophet Hosea (Osee) (820 B.C.). Monk-martyr Andrew of Crete (767). New Hieromartyr Neophit and Anatolius priests, Martyrs Hyacinth and Callistus (1918). New Hieromartyr Archbishop Alexander (Shchukin) of Semipalatinsk (1937). Venerable Anthony, abbot, of Leokhonov (Novgorod) (1611). Holy Martyrs and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian in
Zeal By Example “In our age of moral and spiritual decline, only the heroic example of righteous men and women is able to ignite a zeal for godly living in accordance with the Divine commandments.” Hieromonk Seraphim Rose #orthodox #heroic #moralstories
Wednesday October 29, 2025 / October 16, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Fast Venerable Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross of the Lord (1st c.). St. Gregory confessor, priest (1931). New Hieromartyr Eugene priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1938). New Hieromartyr John priest (1942). Venerable Longinus the Gate-keeper of the
Do Not Believe Your Thoughts “Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.” Saint Paisios of Mount Athos #thoughts #believe #christian
Tuesday October 28, 2025 / October 15, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, monk of Mt. Athos (889). Martyr Lucian, presbyter of Greater Antioch (312). New Hieromartyr Simeon priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Valerian Novitsky, priest of Telyadovich (1930). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1942). St. Athanasius (Sakharov) the
Awake From Dreamworld Wake up from the illusions of this life or you will find yourself in an eternal nightmare. #christianity #orthodox #weekend
Monday October 27, 2025 / October 14, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protase, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.). Venerable Parasceva (Petka) of Epibatima, Thrace, whose relics are in Iasi, Romania (11th c.). New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1921). St. Ambrose, bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk (1932). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1937).