Monasteries
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| Hieromonk Paul serving Vespers |
Centers for Spiritual Healing
Monastics are an integral part of the Church and should not be seen as independent of the Church Universal. Monks are bound by the same Gospel as other Christians and need to avail themselves to the missionary and pastoral needs of the Church, as needed. Although a primary role of monasticism is to be found in worship and contemplative prayer, monks also have a long history as missionaries.
Many of the great monasteries of Russia, as an example, where founded in remote places but became centers of pilgrimage, attracting countless people. Whole cities often formed around monasteries, precisely because the monks had reached out with the Gospel and worked among the people. Where there was a need, monks responded with charity and evangelical witness.
Many of the great monasteries of Russia, as an example, where founded in remote places but became centers of pilgrimage, attracting countless people. Whole cities often formed around monasteries, precisely because the monks had reached out with the Gospel and worked among the people. Where there was a need, monks responded with charity and evangelical witness.
In these difficult times where people are suffering economic hardship, loss of jobs and foreclosure on homes, monks can bring a different perspective that can give hope to those who've lost all hope. Monasteries become centers of spiritual healing and empowerment. People who've been struggling to find meaning in their lives can walk away with a new vision, gained through the interior work of the monks who've availed themselves as therapists to those who are hurting.
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
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| All-Merciful Saviour Monastery |
Sunday July 17, 2011 / July 4, 2011
5th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone four.
Venerables Tikhon, Basil and Nikon Sokolovsky (16th c.) (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday after June 29th). St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday after June 29th). Synaxis of saints of Tver (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday after June 29th). Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarit-sa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand-duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those martyred with them (1918). St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete (712-726). Venerable Martha, mother of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger (551). Venerable Andrew (Rublev), iconographer (1430). New Hieromartyr Hieromonk Nilus of Poltava (1918). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (after 1937) New Hieromartyrs Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac and George of Serbia (1941). Burial of St. Andrew, prince of Bogoliubsk (1174). Uncovering of the relics (1507) of Venerable Euthymius the Wonderworker, archimandrite of Suzdal (1404). Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108). Hieromartyr Theodore, bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and Lucia (310). Icon of the Mother of Godof "Galatea". Venerables Tikhon, Basil and Nikon Monks of Solovki. St. Andrew the Russian of Cairo (1174). St. Donatus of Libya, bishop (Greek). St. Asclepias the Wonderworker (Greek). Hieromartyr Theophilus (Greek). St. Menignus, monk (Greek). Hieromartyr Theodotus (Greek). Hieromartyrs Innocent and Sabbatius and 30 others with them in Sirmium of Pannonia (304). Translation of the relicts of St. Martin the Merciful, bishop of Tours (397). St. Urlich of Augsburg and Bavaria (973).
The Scripture Readings for the Day:
Romans 10:1-10
Israel Needs the Gospel
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Matthew 8:28-9:1
Two Demon-Possessed Men Healed
28 When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29 And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
30 Now a good way off from them there was a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”
32 And He said to them, “Go.” So when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the whole herd of swine ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and perished in the water.
33 Then those who kept them fled; and they went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region.
Matthew 9
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic
1 So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city.
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