Your Life is My Life “Your life is my life. If you don’t sacrifice yourself for people, nothing will be accomplished.” Saint Gabriel of Georgia #life #sacrifice #orthodox
Sunday November 2, 2025 / October 20, 2025 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone four. Great-martyr Artemius at Antioch (362). New Martyr Priest Nicholas (Liubomudrov) of Latskoye village, Yaroslavl (1918). New Hieromartyrs Herman bishop of Alatyr, Zosima, John, John, John, Nicholas, Leonid, John and Alexander priests, Michael and Peter deacons and Martyr Paul (1937). Venerable Gabriel of
Pray From The Depths “Prayer can be said with the lips. It can be said aloud. It can be uttered within the mouth, or in the throat. It can also be said from the heart. Instead of vocal cords, the strings of the heart can be sounded, sending forth the
Saturday November 1, 2025 / October 19, 2025 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. Demetrius (Parental) Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. Prophet Joel (800 B.C.). Martyr Warus and seven monk-martyrs in Egypt (307). Translation of the relics (1195) of Venerable John, abbot of Rila in Bulgaria (946). Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901).
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