The Debt of Thanksgiving “The debt of thanksgiving to God, all the saints considered as their main debt. Without thanksgiving to God there can be no progress in the spiritual life. Thanksgiving to God, without ceasing, is the fruitful seed from which, if it is watered by the tears of
Nothing Without God We have nothing if we just have religion. #lent #jesuschrist #god FULL HOMILY: https://youtu.be/JESxLcPGgaY Tuesday March 4, 2025 / February 19, 2025 First Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia (1st c.).
Becoming a Priest What does it take to make it in the priesthood in the 21st century? #priest #orthodoxy #church Monday March 3, 2025 / February 18, 2025 Beginning of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter – Full abstention from food Clean Monday. St. Leo the Great,
The Great and Holy Lenten Fast is not just about doing without. It’s that time when we give ourselves over completely to the Lord. Get immersed in the faith and make it your own! #lent #love #forgiveness
Sunday March 2, 2025 / February 17, 2025 The Sunday of Forgiveness. Tone three. Cheesefare Sunday. Meat is excluded Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (306). St. Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1612). St. Nicholas (Planas), priest in Athens (1932). New Hieromartyrs Michael, Paul priests (1938). Virgin-martyr Anna (1940). Venerable Theodore the Silent of
Everything is as Nothing “We were created for eternal life by our Creator, we are called to it by the word of God, and we are renewed by holy Baptism. And Christ the Son of God came into the world for this, that He should call us and take us
The Order of Orthodoxy “Maintain the conviction that our disorderliness is not natural to us, and do not listen to those who say, ‘It is no use talking about it, because that is just how we are made, and you cannot do anything about it.’ That is not how we
Pity The Sinner “If you see a man who has sinned and you do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know the grace of God.” Saint Silouan The Athonite Thursday February 27,
Worship Oneself Everybody worships somebody, but only One is worthy. Once you stop pretending to be God, you can experience the fullness of love and purpose in communion. #God #love #christian Wednesday February 26, 2025 / February 13, 2025 Week of the Last Judgment. Tone two. Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded
Bent to Repent This brawler had to break before I could learn the best revenge. #fight #enemy #monk Tuesday February 25, 2025 / February 12, 2025 Week of the Last Judgment. Tone two. Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Iveron Icon (Moscow) of the Most Holy Theotokos (9th c.). St. Meletius, archbishop of