I’ve just arrived in Cannon Beach, Oregon, for The International Conference of Police Chaplains, Northwest Regional, week long, Training Seminar. January 10, 2011 34th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight. Sviatki. Fast-free Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ. The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including Glycerius, Zeno, Theophilus, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Indes,
33rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone eight. Sviatki. Fast-free Sunday after the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, holy ancestors. Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, Holy Righteous David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord (movable holiday on the Sunday after the Nativity of our Lord God
The Nativity of Christ Liturgy 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Sviatki. Fast-free Saturday after the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Second Day of the Feast of the Nativity. Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos. Hieromartyr Euthymius, bishop of Sardis (840). Venerable Isaac II (Bobrikov, the
Our Christmas Tree, in the trapeza. The tree is from our forest. 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Sviatki. Fast-free The Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. From December 25 till January 5 is a Fast-free period (Sviatki). The Adoration of the Magi:
Father Moses and Abbot Tryphon, making Biscotti. 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Fast. Food with Oil The Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Rozhdestvenskyi Sochelnik). Nun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her Martyrs Philip her father, Protus, Hyacinth (Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262). New Hieromartyr Innocentius (1928). New Hieromartyr
Frost on the Grounds of the Monastery 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus (250). New Hieromartyr
Koshin Christopher Cain, Abbot of the Puget Sound Zen Center, and his wife, Soshin Lidunn, visited with Abbot Tryphon, in the Monastery’s library. January 4, 2011 33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Great-martyr Anastasia
33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Virgin-martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and with her 500 men and 130 women (304). Repose of St. Peter, metropolitan of All Russia (1326). New Hieromartyr Michael priest
A Cold, but Sunny Day at the Monastery. 32nd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone seven. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Food with Oil Sunday before the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Holy Father Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch (107). Repose
Our Monastery’s chicken coop progresses towards completion. 32nd Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish Allowed Saturday the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia (290) and Righteous Aglae (Aglaida) of Rome. Venerable Elias of Murom, wonderworker of the