August 14, 2015
Prophet Micah: the Hand of God is seen in the numerous prophecies fulfilled in the life of Christ which were given in small parts by different prophets over the...
August 13, 2015
Leavetaking of the Transfiguration: the days following a feast feature the same Troparion and Kontakion and remind us of the feastday that just past. Eight days after there is...
Friday, August 14
MATTHEW 24 15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those...
Thursday, August 13
MATTHEW 24 show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone...
August 12, 2015
Martyrs Anicetus and Photius of Nicomedia: after several miraculous events during their tortures, they bodies were not consumed by the fire the were thrown into which led to the...
Wednesday, August 12
MATTHEW 23 27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and...
August 11, 2015
St. Niphon of Mt. Athos: Niphon held several high offices in the Church, including Patriarch of Constantinople. Removed by the Turks he went to Mt. Athos as an ordinary...
Tuesday, August 11
Matthew 23: And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and...
August 10, 2015
Archdeacon Martyr Lawrence of Rome: saints reacted in various ways to persecutors. When Lawrence was being roasted on a fire he told the Emperor to turn him over as...
Monday, August 10
MATTHEW 23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe,...