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Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Monks of Mt. Tabor

Byzantine Catholic monastic community of men of the Ukrainian Church.

02/27/2026

Feb. 27 - Today we commemorate -

Our venerable father and confessor Procopius the Decapolite, who, at the time of emperor Leo III Isaurus [c.680-740] vigorously contended for the cult of holy Images. (741)

02/26/2026

Feb. 26 - Today we commemorate -

Our holy father Porphyry, bishop of Gaza in Palestine. Born in Thessalonica, he spent five years as a hermit in Skete and as many across the Jordan, where he was notable for his kindness toward the poor. Afterwards ordained a bishop, he overturned many temples of idols and was afflicted with troubles by their attendants for a long time, until, worthy of respect, he rested in peace with the saints. (421)

02/24/2026

Feb. 25 - Our holy father Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople, notable for learning and piety. He opened the Second Nicene Council, in which the Fathers vindicated the cult of holy Images. He was called the “father of the poor.” (806)

02/24/2026

Feb. 24 - Today we commemorate -

The first and second findings of the head of the Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John. Tradition tells us that the first finding was by two monks, in the palace of Herod the King. They brought the relic to the city of Emmesia. The second finding was much later, during the reign of the emperor Marcianus.

02/21/2026

Feb. 22 - FIRST SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST.
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY.

MEMORY OF THE HOLY PROPHETS.

The Finding of the venerable relics of the Martyrs at Eugenia near Constantinople. During the reign of the emperor Arcadius, a divine revelation showed the burial place of these martyrs of whom it was said, “God alone knows their names, and he has written them in the Book of Life in heaven.”

02/21/2026

Feb. 21 - Today we commemorate -

Saturday of the First Week of Lent, on which we commemorate the Miracle of St. Theodore.

Our venerable father Timothy of Symbola, hermit. His earthly life was spent in fasting, prayer and vigils. He remained pure and chaste throughout his life. (795)

Our holy father Eustathius, Archbishop of Great Antioch, who was notable for his teaching. Under the A***n emperor Constantius, he was driven into exile to Trajanopolis in Thrace for his defense of the Catholic faith, and rested in the Lord there. (c.338)

02/19/2026

Feb. 19 - Today we commemorate -

The holy apostle Archippus, fellow-soldier of blessed Paul the Apostle, whom Paul remembers in the epistles to Philemon and to the Colossians. Tradition says that he was stoned to death during the reign of emperor Nero.

02/18/2026

Feb. 18 - Today we commemorate -

Our holy father Leo, Pope of Rome who, born in Etruria [i.e., Tuscany], first stood out as a diligent deacon of Rome. He was then elevated to the chair of Peter, where rightly and by his merit he deserved to be called "the Great.” He nourished his flock by his excellent and prudent discourse. Because of his orthodox teaching on the incarnation of God, the true faith was vigorously affirmed through his delegates to the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon. He rested in the Lord at Rome, where he was buried on this day. (461)

02/17/2026

Feb. 17 - Today we commemorate -

The holy great martyr Theodore the Recruit (Tyro) of Amasea in Hellespont, who, in the time of the emperor Maximianus, for his confession of the Christian faith was forcefully beaten and cast into prison, then handed over to be consumed by fire. St. Gregory of Nyssa celebrated his praises in a famous eulogy. (306)

02/16/2026

Feb. 16 - Today we commemorate -

The holy martyrs: the presbyter Pamphilius, Porphyry and their companions, who received the crown of martyrdom: Pamphilus the priest; Valens, a deacon of Jerusalem; and Paul, born in the city of Jamnia, who had passed two years in prison; and also Porphyry, a servant of Pamphilus; Seleucus the Cappadocian, who was of high rank in the military; Theodulus, an old man from the family of the governor Firmilian; and finally Julian the Cappadocian, who, coming from abroad that very same hour, when he kissed the bodies of the martyrs, was accused as a Christian and ordered by the governor to be burned over a slow fire. (309)

02/14/2026

Feb. 15 -CHEESEFARE SUNDAY.

The holy apostle Onesimus, a fugitive slave whom St. Paul the apostle caught and gave birth to in Christ, a son in the faith, as Paul himself wrote to his master Philemon.

02/14/2026

Feb. 14 - Today we commemorate -

Cheesefare Saturday.

Memory of all Holy Ascetics.

Our venerable father Auxentius on Mount Skopa [modern Siope] in Bithynia, priest and archimandrite, who argued the Chalcedonian faith with a strong voice in a prominent place as if established in a position of authority. (5th century)

The passing of our venerable father Constantine, whose monastic name is Cyril, the Apostle of the Slavs. This man from Thessalonica, along with his brother Methodius, was sent by Photius the bishop of Constantinople to Moravia, where he preached the Christian faith and devised an alphabet that they might translate the sacred books from the Greek to the Slavic language. When they came to Rome, Cyril, who was previously known as Constantine, was afflicted by illness. He was made a monk and the same day slept in the Lord. (869)

The venerable Maron, hermit and wonder-worker, who lived on a mountain near Apamea in Syria, and was very much dedicated to ardent penance and the interior life. At his famous tomb a monastery was built. The Maronite Catholic Church takes its name from this saint. (c. 423)

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17001 Tomki Road
Redwood Valley, CA
95470

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