Our server has been down all morning, so I had to come to Seattle in order to send off the blog. Sorry! No time to write an essay if I’m going to provide the all important Scripture readings for the day. I’ve also included the schedule for Holy Week;
Love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
Thursday April 5, 2012
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.
Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Monk-martyr Nicon and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251).
New Hieromartyr Macarius priest (1931).
New Martyr James, New Hieromartyr Basil, Stephen priests, Virgin-martyr Anastasia, Martyr Alexis (1938).
New Hieromartyr venerable confessor archbishop Sergius (Serebriansky) (1948).
Venerable Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088).
Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, the notary Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (125).
St. Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1600).
Martyr Dometius the Persian, under Julian the Apostate (ca. 360-361).
Venerable Luke the New of Mytilene, Mt. Athos (1802).
Venerable Pachomius, abbot of Nerekhta (1384).
St. Bassian, archbishop of Rostov (1481).
St. Gwinear of Cornwall.
You can read the life of the saint in green, by click on the name.
We are hoping to retire the mortgage debt of $250,000.00. Having this hanging over our heads, and knowing the bank owns the monastery, is not a good thing. Your prayers are most appreciated, as we need a miracle.
Isaiah 65:8-16
8Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them all.
9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
10Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have sought Me.
11“But you are those who forsake the Lord,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who prepare a table for Gad,
And who furnish a drink offering for Meni.
12Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
13Therefore thus says the Lord God:“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And wail for grief of spirit.
15You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And call His servants by another name;
16So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.
Genesis 46:1-7
Jacob’s Journey to Egypt46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
3So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
5Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the carts which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him. 7His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.
Proverbs 23:15-24:5
15My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
16Yes, my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.
17Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
18For surely there is a hereafter,
And your hope will not be cut off.
19Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
20Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
25Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
26My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
27For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
28She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
29Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
30Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
31Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it swirls around smoothly;
32At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
33Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
34Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
35“They have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?”
24 Do not be envious of evil men,
Nor desire to be with them;
2For their heart devises violence,
And their lips talk of troublemaking.
3Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
4By knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
5A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;
Holy Week
2012
Friday
6:00 p.m. Vigil
Feast of the Annunciation of the Most Pure Mother of God
Lazarus Saturday (Fish, wine & oil allowed)
9:00 a.m. Hrs. & Divine Liturgy
5:30 p.m. Vespers
Palm Sunday (Fish, wine & oil allowed)
9:40 a.m. Hrs. & Divine Liturgy
5:30 p.m. Vespers
Great Monday (No oil allowed)
6:00 a.m. Bridegroom Matins and 1st Hr.
6:00 p.m. Presanctified Liturgy
Great Tuesday (No oil allowed)
6:00 a.m. Bridegroom Matins and 1st Hr.
6:00 p.m. Presanctified Liturgy
Great Wednesday (No oil allowed)
6:00 a.m. Bridegroom Matins and 1st Hr.
6:00 p.m. Presanctified Liturgy
Great Thursday (Wine & oil allowed)
12:00 p.m. Vespers and Liturgy
6:00 p.m. Matins with the Reading of the 12 Gospels
Great Friday (Strict fast day – light meal after Vespers)
8:00 a.m. Royal Hours
3:00 p.m. Vespers with Carrying out of the Winding Sheet
6:00 p.m. Lamentations
Great Saturday (Wine, but no oil allowed)
9:00 a.m. Vesperal Liturgy
9 p.m. Reading of the Acts of the Apostles
11:15 p.m. Midnight Office
12 Midnight. Procession, Paschal Matins, and Resurrectional Divine Liturgy
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