God’s Unceasing Compassion “When a man clearly senses God’s mercy toward him, he is startled, as from a dull and senseless dream, and becomes ashamed of his long blindness to God’s unceasing compassion.” Saint Nikolai Velimirovich #God #mercy #compassion
Friday September 26, 2025 / September 13, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Food with Oil Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (The Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335). Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c.). New Hieromartyrs Stephan, Alexander priests and Nicholas deacon (1937). Martyrs Cronides, Leontius,
Our Life’s Purpose “You should know that our life’s purpose is not to be good, but to be with God in us so that His Life can become our life too.” Mother Siluana #God #purpose #life
Thursday September 25, 2025 / September 12, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Apodosis of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop in Italy (313). Venerable Athanasius (1401), disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh and abbot of the Vysotsk Monastery in Serpukhov, and his disciple Venerable Athanasius (1395). New Hieromartyrs Theodore, John, Nicholas priests and
🇸🇾 Syria – Mass Burning of Orthodox Villages and Monasteries As announced by the Antiochian Patriarchate, for several days now across Syria there has been a systematic and unprecedented massacre of Christians, the killing of monks, the burning of monasteries, as well as the looting and burning of entire
Complete Compassion “The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God’s grace to pray, feels love and compassion for every created thing, and in particular for mankind, for whom the Lord suffered on the Cross, and His soul was heavy for
Wednesday September 24, 2025 / September 11, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. Food with Oil Translation of the relics of Venerables Sergius and Herman of Valaam. Venerable Theodora of Alexandria (490). Hieromartyrs Nicholas and Victor priests (1918). Hieromartyr Carp priest (1937). Venerable Silouan, elder of Mt. Athos (1938). Hieromartyr Nicholas diacon (1942). Martyrs Demetrius, his
Read, Learn, Grow “We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.” Saint Basil the Great #Bible #Scripture #jesus
Tuesday September 23, 2025 / September 10, 2025 16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305). New Hieromartyrs Ismail, Eugene, John, Constantine, Peter, Basil, Gleb, Basil, John, Nicholas, Palladius priests, Hieromartyrs Meletius and Gabriel, Martyr Symeon, Virgin-Martyr Tatiana (1937). New Hieromartyr Warus bishop of Lipetsk (1938). Venerable Paul the Obedient of
Like A Lion “Let those who do not believe in divine providence drown in worry; they are certainly justified. But we, who believe that God is present everywhere and that there is no creature outside His providence, are not justified when we worry more than necessary, for through this action