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,...
August 8, 2015
St Emilian the Confessor: he was one of the first bishops to denounce the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Armenian for his heretical intrusion into theological matters. He eventually died...
Sunday, August 9
MATHEW 17 14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he...
August 9, 2015
St. Herman of Alaska: known for his asceticism on Spruce Island, St. Herman also continued to write to his superiors in Russia advising them of the spiritual condition of...
Saturday, August 8
MATTHEW 22 34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and...
August 7, 2015
St. Pimen of Kiev: this saint was noted for his physical suffering and he endured 20 years of it. Even those attending were so overcome by what they saw...
Friday, August 7
MATTHEW 22 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we...