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[Orthodox Church OCA @ocaorg]

Today we commemorate Martyrs Anicletus and Photius of Nicomedia, and those with them

Read the account: https://t.co/q48LPll0dq

More saints commemorated today: https://t.co/Tu6zQKOAm9

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#saints #feastsandsaints

[Xeniari @humblemyheart]

Trust.

[Prekarios Styletes ☦️📿 @prekariosstylet]

Lord, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!

[Orthodox Christian @orthodox_33ad]

🔸 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman 🔸

Today, the fifth Sunday of Holy Pascha, is the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. On this day, we commemorate the encounter between the Samaritan woman (Saint Photini) and Christ at Jacob’s Well (John 4:1-26). During His earthly ministry, Christ came to the city of Sychar in Samaria, at the site of Jacob’s well. Wearied from His journey and the heat, He sat by the well while His disciples went to buy food. A woman of Samaria then came to draw water, and Jesus asked her for a drink.

The woman was surprised, saying that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans, since they were adversaries. Jesus responded to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” Seeing that Jesus had no bucket, the woman questioned how He would draw water from the deep well, to which He responded: “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

When the woman asked Him to give her this water, Christ told her to call her husband. The woman replied that she had no husband, to which Christ said: “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband.” Astounded that He knew her situation, the woman believed Him to be a prophet. She proceeded to ask Him where God ought to be worshipped: on Mt Gerazim in Samaria as the Samaritans did, or in Jerusalem as the Jews did.

Christ replied: “The hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father… the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” In parting, the woman said to Him: “I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes, He will tell us all things.” Christ then said to her: “I who speak to you am He.” The Samaritan woman repented and returned to the city, telling her townspeople that she had met the Savior. From then on she lived as a tireless evangelist for Christ, and was martyred in 66 AD during the reign of the emperor Nero.

[Orthodox Christian @orthodox_33ad]

Happy Mother’s Day with the greatest example of love, humility, and sacrifice, the Mother of God and Mother of all Orthodox Christians, our Panagia.

[TheOrthodoxWay @_theorthodoxway]

“In our confused times, the light of Orthodoxy is more important than ever.”
- Fr. Seraphim Rose

[Црквени Гласник @CrkveniGlasnik]

Свети Марко Јерусалимски, Апостол и Јеванђелиста, записао је Јеванђеље које се сматра најраније написаним сведочанством о Христовом животу. Оснивач Цркве у Александрији, мученик и проповедник вере, оставио је хришћанству непролазно духовно и историјско наслеђе.

[Fr. Michael Lillie @FrLillie]

O Lord, direct my will and teach to pray, to believe, to hope, to be patient, to forgive, and to love.

[Orthodox Christian @orthodox_33ad]

🔸 May 9 - Saint Christopher 🔸

Today we commemorate the Great-Martyr Saint Christopher of Lycia, the patron saint of travellers. He suffered during the reign of the emperor Decius (249-251). St Christopher was born with the name Reprobus, and lived in Lycia in modern-day Turkey. He was a man of great stature and strength, and fearsome in countenance. According to tradition, Reprobus once came across a hermit in the desert who instructed him in the Christian faith. Reprobus asked the monk how he could best serve Christ, and the hermit suggested that he could become an ascetic and focus on intense fasting and prayer.

Sensing that his calling lay outside monastic life, Reprobus asked the hermit if he could serve Christ another way. The hermit suggested that because of his size and strength, he could help people to cross a dangerous river where many perished in their attempts. Reprobus performed this service for some time. One day, a small Child asked to be taken across the river. While crossing the river, the Child seemed to become extremely heavy, and Reprobus had much difficulty carrying Him across.

Upon reaching the other side, Rebrobus said to the Child, “You have put me in great danger. I do not think the whole world could have been as heavy on my shoulders as you were.” The Child replied, “You had on your shoulders not only the whole world, but Him who created it. I am Christ your King, whom you are serving by this work.” The Child then vanished. Reprobus was then baptised with the name Christopher meaning “Christ-bearer”, and went into the city of Lycia and rebuked the pagans for persecuting Christians.

By his preaching, he converted thousands to Christianity. He was arrested and brought before the emperor who summoned two harlots, Kalliniki and Akylina, hoping they could entice the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols. But St Christopher instead catechized the harlots, and both ended their lives as martyrs after they confessed their faith in Christ before the emperor. St Christopher was nailed on a bronze instrument over a flame. Emerging unharmed from this and many other tortures, he finally received his eternal crown by beheading.

[Fr. Daniel☦️ @Fragbaza]

While the world sleeps, the nuns of the Holy Trinity Diveyevo Convent (Diveyevo Monastery) never stop praying. They pray nonstop, maintaining a perpetual 24-hour prayer. They take turns reading the Psalter continuously, day and night, in the church.

[Fr. Michael Lillie @FrLillie]

“Every Divine Liturgy is an atomic bomb dropped on hell.” - St. Nikolai Velimirovich

[Iulia @3538p59b89t20]

Слава Богу, Који нас трпи!

[Fr Joseph Huneycutt @Orthodixie]

Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America, pray to God for us!

[FunBaseballFacts @FunBaseballFact]

Today in 1982: Jim Eisenreich, a rookie outfielder for the Twins hitting .309, left the game at Fenway in the middle of an inning.

He suffered from twitching and it became uncontrollable when Boston fans continuously taunted him.

When the team returned to Minnesota, Jim checked into a hospital for treatment. Doctors diagnosed him with Tourette's Syndrome.

He tried several comebacks the next few years, but could never control his symptoms. He retired from baseball in 1984.

Over the next two years, doctors found a way to treat his Tourette’s, and Jim returned to baseball in 1987 with Kansas City. He was named the MVP of the 1989 Royals, a team that featured Bo Jackson and George Brett.

After his comeback, he went on to play 12 more years in the big leagues, and batted over .300 in 5 of those seasons.

He now has a foundation that helps children with Tourette’s Syndrome.
#MLB #baseball #Royals @TouretteAssn

[Fr. Barnabas Powell @FrBarnabas]

When you hear someone say that the Father turned His back on His Son on the Cross, refer them to this article and ask them to stop slandering the Father.

"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" https://t.co/OLu1bZ7EYX

[𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍 𝒗𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒏 ☦︎⚔︎♡ @rachelvsbabylon]

Yesterday my priest, Fr Paul Truebenbach, had said something in our catechism meeting that really stood out to me.

He said, "The wife can make or break the husband, more than a husband can make or break the wife".

In the Patristic teaching, the woman is seen as the heart, the one who shapes the emotional and spiritual climate. A husband is called to sacrificial headship. A wife's disposition, however, can either strengthen his resolve, or slowly erode him.

In Orthodoxy, marriage is synergy. The wife is not weaker, but is meant to have deep intuitive and spiritual sensitivity. When that's aligned with Christ, it becomes life-giving. If a wife possesses this, she becomes a quiet pillar that upholds her husband in his struggle towards the Kingdom.

So ladies, remember that what you cultivate in Christ doesn't just shape you, it also shapes the man beside you. You will either be a refuge for him, or a battlefield.

[Fr. Barnabas Powell @FrBarnabas]

Pray this every morning:
O Lord, grant me to meet the coming day in peace. Help me in all things to rely upon Your Holy Will. In every hour of the day reveal Your will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with peace of soul, and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. In all my deeds and words guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events let me not forget that all are sent by You. Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Direct my will, teach me to pray, pray You Yourself in me. Amen.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Dr. Russell Barkley shatters parenting myths: After age 21, home parenting has ZERO influence on core traits like personality or behavior—twin studies prove it.

Peak impact? Before 7. Drops to ~6% by teens (15+). Genetics rules first, then peers/schools/neighborhoods take over.

In 2026's "gentle parenting" era (trending amid debates on over-involvement vs. heritability), this frees you: Nail early years with stability/exposure, then trust the blueprint.

Not guilt—empowerment. Grok can even help analyze family traits for smarter guidance.

59-sec clip on the data 👇

Parents/kids: Relief or rethink? What's your take on genetics vs. nurture wars?