Author: Abbot Tryphon

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 15 / 28. St. Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, monk of Mt. Athos. Martyr Lucian, presbyter of Greater Antioch. (services combined) St. Sabinus, Bishop of Catania. Martyrs Sarbelius and Bebaia (Barbea) of Edessa. St. Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal. St. John, Bishop of Suzdal. Hieromartyr Lucian, presbyter of…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 14 / 27. Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protase and Celsius of Milan. St. Parasceve of Serbia. Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza. St. Nikola Sviatosha, prince of Chernigov and Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. St. Cosmas, abbot of Yakhromsk. (Greek Calendar: St. Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, confessor. St. Ignatius…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 13 / 26. Martyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus and Agathonica at Pergamus. Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica. Martyr Benjamin, deacon of Persia. St. Nicetas the Confessor of Paphlagonia. St. Benjamin of the Kiev Caves. New-Martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Bulgaria. St. Vannatius of Poitiers (Gaul). Icon of the Most Holy…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 12 / 25. Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus at Tarsus in Cilicia. St. Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma. Martyr Domnica of Anazarbus. St. Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours. (canon only) Saints Amphilochius, Macarius and Tarasius, abbots, and Theodosius, monk, of Glushetskry (Vologda). (Greek Calendar: Virgin…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 11 / 24. Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, one of the seven deacons. St. Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicaea. Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla of Tarsus in Cilicia. St. Theophanes, faster of the Kiev Caves. Saints Nectarius, Arcadius and Sinisius, Patriarch of Constantinople.…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 10 / 23. Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia at Nicomedia, and 200 Martyrs with them. Martyr Theotecnus of Antioch. St. Theophilus the Confessor of Bulgaria. St. Bassian of Constantinople. Blessed Andrew of Totma, fool-for-Christ. Martyrdom of the 26 Martyrs of Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos, by the Latins:…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 9 / 22. Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus. St. Andronicus and his wife St. Athanasia of Egypt. Righteous Forefather Abraham and his nephew Righteous Lot. Martyrs Juventius and Maximus at Antioch. St. Peter of Galatia. St. Publia the Confessor of Antioch. St. Stephen the New of…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 8 / 21. St. Pelagia the Penitent. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Antioch. St. Thais (Taisia) of Egypt. St. Dositheus, abbot of Verkneostrov (Pskov). St. Tryphon, abbot of Vyatka. Martyr Ignatius of Bulgaria. Photo of the Day Novice Christos, serving the monastery’s Greek style coffee, Byzantium. Quote of…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 7 / 20. Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria [Heb 11:33-40; Lk 21:12-19]. Martyrs Julian presbyter and Caesarius deacon, at Terracina. Martyr Polychronius. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus. St. Sergius, abbot of Nurma (Vologda), disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh. St. Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 6/19. Holy Glorious Apostle Thomas. Woman-Martyr Erothis of Cappadocia. New-Martyr Macarius at Kion in Bithynia (Mt. Athos). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, “O All-Hymned Mother. Photo of the Day Quote of the Day “Don’t sit, glued to the television….Guard yourselves from the means of mass blinding.”…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 5 / 18. Saints Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Philip, Hermogenes (Germogen) and Tikhon, metropolitans of Moscow. Martyr Charitina of Amisus. Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia. Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria. St. Damian the Healer and Saints Jeremiah and Matthew, clairvoyants of the Kiev Caves. St. Charitina, princess of…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Saints of the Day October 4 / 17. Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens. Opening of the Relics of St. Gurias, first Archbishop of Kazan and St. Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver. Martyr Peter of Capetolis. Martyrs Domnina and her daughters Berenice (Bernice) and Prosdoce of Syria. Martyr Adauctus and his daughter St. Callisthene…