To order from our line of fine teas, go to: http://www.vashonmonks.com February 3, 2011 37th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662). Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305). Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila at Trebizond (303). Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556). New Hieromartyr Elias priest

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Hammi, enjoying the sunshine. February 2, 2011 37th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Fast. Fish Allowed Venerable Euthymius the Great (473). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1940). Venerable Laurence the Recluse (13th-l4th c.) and Venerable Euthymius the Silent (14th c.), of the Kiev Caves. Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk (1470). Martyrs Inna,

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A Spring-like day at the Monastery. February 1, 2011 37th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390). St. Mark, archbishop of Ephesus (1444). Blessed Theodore of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ (1392). Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod (1550). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest

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The Kursk-Root icon, during her second visit to the Monastery. January 31, 2011 37th Week after Pentecost. Tone three. St. Athanasius the Great (373) and St. Cyril (444), archbishops of Alexandria. Venerable Cyril, schemamonk, and Venerable Maria, schemanun (1337) (parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh). New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1919).

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click to enlarge January 30, 2011 36th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three. Venerable Anthony the Great (356). Venerable Anthony, abbot of Dymsk (Novgorod) (1224). New Hieromartyr Victor priest (1931). New Hieromartyr Paul priest (1938). Venerable Anthony of Chernoezersk, monk (16th c.). Emperor St. Theodosius the Great (395). Venerable Anthony of

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click to enlarge January 29, 2011 / January 16, 2011 36th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-glorious Apostle Peter. Blessed Maximus of Totma (Vologda), fool-for-Christ (1650). New HieromartyrJohn priest (1919). Martyrs the brothers Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, their grandmother Leonilla, and

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January 28, 2011 36th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Fish Allowed St. Paul of Thebes, Egypt (341), and St. John Calabytes (“Hut-dweller”) of Constantinople, monks (450). New Hieromartyr Michael, priest (1942). New Hieromartyr Benjamin, bishop of Romanov (1930). Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria (249-251). St. Prochorus, abbot in Vranski Desert

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The Monastery’s Library January 26, 2011 36th Week after Pentecost. Tone two. Fast. Fish Allowed Afterfeast of the Theophany. Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade (315). Venerable Irinarch of Rostov (1616). Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656). Martyr Peter of Anium, at Eleutheropolis (1st c.). Venerable James, bishop

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