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Detachment
from the world is not necessarily cutting off all social contact with
people, or avoiding any exposure to or contact with things
of the world in some sort of pharisaical obsession with keeping oneself
ritually 'pure'. The work of purification is an inner work. Simply
running away from things on the outside isn't all there is
to our struggle. Nor will we find success in trying to make the world
conform to our spiritual principles. Our task as monastics is not to purify the
world or the people in it but to purify our selves, our souls and
bodies.
Orthodox
Christians, including monastics, do need to exercise restraint in
contacts with persons, things or situations in the world that are a
potential threat to their spiritual health and progress and to their
hesychia. But the ascetic life is less concerned with avoiding people,
places, situations and things than it is concerned with cultivating
personal restraint over the passions and inner detachment from things of
the world, which is a process that is linked with the
cultivation of our love for God and our desire for participation in
spiritual communion with Him. Our exercise of ascetic restraint, through
fasting, prayer, almsgiving and repentance, as well as our
participation in the
mystical life of the Church, is at the very heart of the monastic life.
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
Friday July 13, 2012 / June 30, 2012
6th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.
Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
New Hieromartyr Timothy priest (1918).
New Hieromartyr Theogenes (1939).
New Hieromartyr Milan Popovic of Rmanj, Serbia (1940s).
Martyr Joh (1944).
Venerable Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov (1290).
Glorification (1918) of St. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk (1771).
"Balikin" (1711) and "Gorbanevsk" (1786) Icons of the Mother of God.
St. Andrew, prince of Bogoliubsk (1174).
New Martyr Michael (Paknanas) the Gardener, of Athens (1770) (Greek).
Translation of the relics of the Great-martyr Stephen-Urosh III of Dechani, Serbia (1338).
St. Gelasius of Rimef (Transylvania) (14th c.).
Martyr Peter of Synope (Greek).
Martyr Meleton (Greek).
Martyr Basilides the Soldier at Alexandria (202).
Holy Queen Dinar (10th c.) (Georgia).
St. Stephen of Omsk (1876).
St. Martial, bishop of Lomoges (3rd c.).
You can read the life of the saint in green, by click on the name.
THANK
YOU, to all of you who have been able to contribute towards the support
of the monastery. These difficult times of economic hardship have
impacted the monastery, and those of you who have been able to donate,
have been our lifeline. May God bless you for your generosity, and
kindness.
With love in Christ, Abbot Tryphon
With love in Christ, Abbot Tryphon
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1 Corinthians 4:5-8
5 Therefore
judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both
bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of
the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
8 You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?”
They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning[c] the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Fools for Christ’s Sake
6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. 7 For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?8 You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
Matthew 13:44-54
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.The Parable of the Dragnet
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50 and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?”
They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning[c] the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
53 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. 54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
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