Orthodox Worker Outreach Teams

02/18/2026

The Driving Force of This Mission is Prayer
At the Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers, we know and believe in the power of prayer. But prayer is not passive — it moves us to act.

You can pray to end hunger worldwide, but true prayer compels you to feed the hungry. And that’s exactly what we do here.

We feed people.

Saint Basil the Great taught us long ago:

“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money you put into the bank belongs to the poor. You do wrong to everyone you could help but fail to help.”
— St. Basil the Great, 4th Century AD

We serve the homeless and near-homeless, the disenfranchised and the forgotten—those unseen, unheard, and unwanted.
But Christ sees them. He hears them. And He guides them to our door, where they are met with love and a warm meal.

The greatest miracle is not raising the dead — it is feeding the hungry.

We pray for an end to hunger, and we act on that prayer every single day. We’re not trying to feed the entire world — we’re simply trying to feed one person.
And if that one person is a child, it’s an even greater blessing.

Your prayers sustain this mission.
But your support feeds the hungry.

Will you help us continue this miracle?
Click below to sustain this ministry and share God’s love in action.
https://givebutter.com/khXwDD

👉 Hungry?
We’ve got food.

What we do is very simple. We feed folks!

02/17/2026

A Call to Compassion: Why Your Donation Matters to the Moastery of the Holy Martyrs' Homeless Ministry

Every day, countless men, women, and children in our community wake up without a home, without certainty, and too often, without hope. It’s easy to walk past them — to think that someone else will help, that the problem is too large to solve. But behind every face is a story, and behind every story is a heart that longs to be seen, valued, and loved. Our homeless ministry exists to meet that need — to offer not just food and shelter, but dignity, compassion, and the hope of a new beginning. And that’s where you come in.

Homelessness is more than the absence of a roof; it is the absence of security, stability, and often family. In our city alone, hundreds struggle daily to find their next meal or a safe place to sleep. Many are veterans, single parents, or individuals who fell on hard times due to health crises or job loss. Statistics can never fully capture the humanity of this crisis — but your compassion can. Every contribution to our ministry directly touches the lives of those forgotten by society.

Our ministry works tirelessly to meet both physical and spiritual needs. Through meals, warm clothing, hygiene supplies, and more, we serve as a lifeline for people in desperate need. But material support is only the beginning. We also provide counseling, prayer, job assistance, and community — the tools that help individuals rediscover their self-worth and rebuild their lives. Every dollar you give fuels this mission of transformation.

The Power of Your Gift
Many people hesitate to donate because they believe their gift might be too small to matter — but every single act of generosity counts. A $10 donation can provide five hot meals; $50 can supply blankets and hygiene kits. When you give, you’re not just funding a program — you’re extending a hand of hope. You’re saying, “You’re not forgotten.” And that message changes lives. Just follow this link:
https://givebutter.com/vfQazT

Your gift will bring hope to the homeless and near-homeless,, hr disenfrzed, and unseen, unheard, and unwanted. Hope -- Brigins' knowledge that someone cares what happens to them.

We all have the power to make a difference. Imagine if each person reading this gave just a little — together, we could ensure that no one in our community goes hungry or faces the cold alone. Compassion is love in action, and your donation is a tangible expression of that love. Join us in this mission of mercy today. Because when we stand together, hope multiplies — and lives are changed forever.

The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money which you put into the bank belongs to the poor

01/05/2026

**Start a Community Pantry**

***If you have a front porch or a front yard, I know there is a place for a Community Pantry. That space is lonely and waiting for you to act. There might also be a space waiting in front of your business.***

Orthodox Workers will help you start and help you keep it stocked. If you are in Northern Indiana, Southern Michigan, and into Chicago and the suburbs, the Monk Mobile is ready to go.** **

These outdoor community pantries are great for any family who wants to teach their children what it means to live as Christ teaches and to walk with Christ.

It is also a great way to bring your friends to Orthodoxy. A missionary tool. You learn the faith of the Orthodox as you work miracles. Just remember that the greatest miracle is not raising the dead but rather feeding those who are hungry.

And your front porch is a great place to start. And your living room is a great place to invite your friends to. Meet once a week for prayers, reading, and discussion of this great gift that Christ gives us. And talk about how you can work even more miracles.

You do not need to be a priest or any clergy to do this. It might help to have a regular visit with the group, however. And I have a solution for that also. I will travel just about anywhere in the surrounding area (Northern Indiana, Southern Michigan, Chicago, and the suburbs of Ohio).

Our friends East of here in Fort Wayne, Indian, maintain 30 or more of these Community Pantries throughout their city. What about your city or town?

*On our final day, we all will stand before Christ and be asked if we fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and visited all sorts of folks we thought we never wanted to meet.*

*Time to get ready to answer. Time to become Orthodox Workers. Time to share this great gift from Christ. Time for your children to see how to live and walk with Christ.*

**Message us to find out more.**

01/05/2026

About Monastery of the Holy Martyrs -Syriac Dayro d'Holy Martyrs - Syriac Orthodox

"The martyrs will come, bearing their afflictions, and the righteous will come, bearing their virtues." Our beloved children heard and responded to this invitation today. May we all follow them.

We are a Monastic and intentional Orthodox Christian community that lives according to the Gospel. We are located in Plymouth, Indiana, and we serve God by serving the Poor, the Poorest of the Poor, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized. We are part of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

We strive to balance communal and private prayer, work, and leisure. Through our diverse ministries, we are committed to helping create a more just and compassionate world. Christ tells us, “Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, so you do unto me.” If we listen, we hear the call to be open to one another, to give what we have, and to welcome all guests as we would welcome Christ. We are a place of healing and nourishment, where folks respond to each other's human needs. It is the generosity of caring people that makes our work possible.

Few Christian denominations can claim the antiquity of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, whose foundations can be traced back to the very dawn of Christianity. The Church justifiably prides itself on being one of the earliest established apostolic churches. After all, it was in Antioch that the followers of Jesus were called Christians, as we are told in the New Testament, "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch." (Acts 11:26).

According to ecclesiastical tradition, the Church of Antioch is the second-established church in Christendom after Jerusalem, and the prominence of its Apostolic See is well documented. In his Chronicon (I, 2), the church historian Eusebius of Caesarea tells us that Apostle St. Peter established a bishopric in Antioch and became its first bishop. He also tells us that Evodius succeeded St. Peter. In another historical work, Historia Ecclesiastica, Eusebius tells us that Ignatius the Illuminator, "a name of note to most men, [was] the second after Peter to the bishopric of Antioch" (III, 36).

In the mid-5th century, the Bishop of Antioch and his counterparts in Alexandria, Byzantium, and Rome would be called patriarchs. The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch used to be known by his own name; however, since 1293, the patriarchs of Antioch have adopted the name Ignatius, after the Illuminator. The See of Antioch continues to flourish to this day,

01/05/2026

"We must not seek the child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs.

We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed at night with nothing to eat, among the poor newsboys who will sleep covered with newspapers in doorways.”

+ St Oscar Romero +

What we do is very simple. We feed folks! Can you help support our ministry? Follow this link to read more and to help: https://givebutter.com/DrBX99

Know someone hungry? We got food! Get so as to give them.

01/05/2026

Special thanks to a great friend of the monastery. The monastery has gas in the hungry Monk Mobile and can bring hot coffee and bagels to our friends living on the streets, in trailers, and in buildings without any heat.

This is Indiana. Wait a day, and the weather changes, so today we are having a heat wave of sorts. It will be in the high 30s and 40s. But the forecasts are from much older winter weather. And as the temperature heads down, folks have special needs which you can help with.

Coats, blankets, hoodies, winter hats, long johns, hand warmers, and gloves. All were asked for this morning as we let Christ guide us around the streets. Clean but gently worn. May a real Christmas for someone. Could you bring to the monastery any afternoon?

Or follow this link to help: https://givebutter.com/0Oa1Z2, and we will do he shopping.

For my Orthodox friends, do you remember what Saint John Chrysostom said about having two coats in your closet or food on your shelves?

No one was more frequent or stronger in his criticisms of the rich than St. John Chrysostom, first as Bishop of Antioch and then as Bishop of Constantinople, in both of which cities there were plenty of wealthy Christians.

Saint John Chrysostom says, "The man who has two shirts in his closet, one belongs to him; the other belongs to the man who has no shirt.

And as we find in the Gospels: John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise." New Revised Standard Version In reply, he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”

And from Saint Basil: "Were you not naked when you came out of the womb? Will you not be naked when you return to the earth? Where did the things you now possess come from? If you say they just appeared spontaneously, then you are an atheist because you do not acknowledge the Creator and show no gratitude towards the one who gave them to you. But if you say they are from God, tell us the reason why you received them. Or is it that God is unjust because he unequally divides among us the things of this life? Why are you rich while that other man is poor? Is it not perhaps so that you might receive wages for kindheartedness and faithful stewardship and so that he may be honored with great prizes because of his endurance?"

And he continued: "But, as for you, when you hoard all these things in the insatiable bosom of greed, do you suppose that you do nothing wrong in cheating so many people? Who is a greedy man? Someone who is not content with what is sufficient. Who is a cheater? Someone who takes what belongs to others. And are you not a greedy man, are you not a cheater, when you take the things you received for the sake of stewardship and make them your own? Anyone who takes a man who is clothed and renders him naked would be termed a robber; but does someone who fails to clothe the naked when he can do so deserve any other appellation? The bread you are holding back belongs to the hungry; the coat you keep in your closet belongs to the naked; the shoes moldering in your closet belong to the shoeless; the silver you hide in a safe place belongs to the needy. Thus, the more there are whom you could help, the more there are whom you are wronging."

Saint Chrysostom received particular criticism from the grandes dames of Constantinople when he became too specific in his criticisms of the extravagances of wealthy women who, not content with silver jars, pitchers, and scent bottles, had also taken to silver chamberpots. Admitting to some embarrassment at taking up the subject, he wondered if it was not the makers of such things that ought to be ashamed. He sputtered to find a proper word for this excess:

"When Christ is famishing, do you revel in such luxury and act so foolishly? What punishment shall these people not suffer? And do you ask why there are robbers? Why murderers? Why such evils? When the devil has thus made you ridiculous. Simply having silver dishes is not in keeping with a soul devoted to wisdom, but is altogether a piece of luxury; but making unclean vessels also of silver, is this then luxury? I will not call it luxury, but senselessness; no, it's madness, worse than madness...."

Help! Your help! That's what the monastery needs from you today. Whether it is five dollars or 500 dollars, you will be bringing hope to those who have none.

The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs serves the homeless and near-homeless, the disenfranchised and marginalized, those unseen, unheard, and unwanted, the elderly, veterans, low-income, those who have no hope and feel as if no one cares what happens to them. You can bring them hope, and you can help put a smile on a face that has none.

“Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, so you do unto me”

03/07/2025

Food, Insecure: A video about Indiana where the Monastery of the Holy Martyrs is physically located,

https://vimeo.com/1023684584/cfd286661d?fbclid=IwY2xjawI4QOZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHesswIFuclGkXCYxGXzWyCVPHvhR56ia-VY5IU0D_vUK5hbJuYdenOkvgQ_aem_chz9hzqUqEWC7BbXs01NbA

While they like to call it food insecurity, let's be honest and call it what it really is: FOOD POVERTY.

The monastery engages with those who have been marginalized—those at the fringes of society, the needy, and the powerless, including those whom too many have pushed away from Jesus through their actions and lack of love as Christ loved. We understand that where Christ is, His Church is also there. We recognize that among the homeless, the disenfranchised, the unheard, and the invisible, Christ is present.

The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers Community is very simple. We feed folks!
Hungry?
Come on down. We got food!

You can read more about the monastery's mission and ministries by following this link: https://givebutter.com/0Oa1Z2
The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Worker Comunities need your help in volunteering to help us serve our clients and members and donate. And no donation is too small.



in volunteering to help us serve and

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02/20/2025

The Monk Mobile needs gas to make rounds to pick up food and deliver food and personal care items. There is also electricity to keep the coolers and freezers operating. None of this will happen to you.

The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers need some immediate help—not much, but some. A tank of gas will do.

You can help by using our PayPal account, which link is https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=QTGVZFAWEPEEA

We serve the disenfranchised and marginalized, the homeless and the near homeless, the poorest of the poor, the unwanted, the unseen, and the unheard. But none are unseen, unheard, or unwanted by Christ, who brings them to our doors or leads us to them on the streets where they live.

Help support Monastery of the Holy Martyrs by donating or sharing with your friends.