From the Holy Cross Monastery website: 2025 · Archimandrite Seraphim · Death · Funerals & Pannykhida · Prayers & Remembrances · Apr 24, 2025 Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon (Voepel) Reposes in the Lord With great sadness but also with joyful faith in the Resurrection of our Lord, we announce the repose of our beloved father in Christ, Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon (Voepel). He fell
Let Us Not Be Deceived “Let us not be deceived, thinking that we shall be saved while neglecting the basic virtue of love. If we are not characterized by the unadulterated love of Christ, in vain do we run, in which case all hope of salvation is lost.” Elder Ephraim
Called to Liberty For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 #Bible #love #liberty Wednesday April 23, 2025 / April 10, 2025 Bright Wednesday. Bright Week. Fast-free Synaxis of the Venerable
Begin to Love Love “Come to love your neighbor, and you will come to love Christ! Come to love your offender and your enemy! And the doors of joy will be thrown open for you, and the Risen Christ will meet your soul, which is risen in love. That’s all!
Embrace With Balance Jesus has brought us out of darkness, death, and sin, so we can live as a family. Let us embrace all the beauty of the Christian life with balance and focus on the eternal life to come! #pascha #jesuschrist #easter Monday April 21, 2025 / April 8,
The Grace of God Will Teach You “Don’t be troubled if you don’t feel the love of God in yourself, but think about the Lord, that He is merciful, and guard yourself from sins, and the grace of God will teach you.” Saint Silouan the Athonite #love #God #orthodoxy Sunday
Holy Saturday No matter what happens, God’s promises never fail. Do not despair, but prepare for eternal life in the light of the Resurrection of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ! #hope #jesuschrist #pascha Saturday April 19, 2025 / April 6, 2025 Passion Week: Great Saturday, descent into Hades.
Holy Friday Jesus Christ died for us, saves us, and calls us all to lay down our lives for one another in love. This is the way to eternal life! #jesuschrist #goodfriday #pascha Friday April 18, 2025 / April 5, 2025 Passion Week: Great Friday, Passion of Jesus Christ. Great
Holy Thursday Thursday April 17, 2025 / April 4, 2025 Passion Week: Great Thursday. Great Lent. Food with Oil Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883). Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.). New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928). Virgin-martyr Mary (1932). New
Holy Wednesday Wednesday April 16, 2025 / April 3, 2025 Passion Week: Great Wednesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824). Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The