daomah

My uncle stopped by with some classic prison hooch that we spacebagged. Great time with great traditions.
@nprofile…66av do y'all have a line of hooch at Peony? Do y'all grow the proper varieties for a nice, full-bodied hooch?
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2026-08-31 17:05:45 CEST

T minus 6d

2026-08-30 22:24:56 CEST

#Palestine home of the Christians
#nevent1q…suz6

2026-08-27 20:51:23 CEST

Nathan Freitas shouts out #nostr and @nprofile…3uf3
https://b27a1a7a-dbb9-4922-ac3e-601e2d6ca1e1.libsyn.com/episode-879-easy-like-butter
#grownostr

2026-08-27 06:14:40 CEST

Shout out to @nprofile…dq3s for not only another great episode of This Week in #Bitcoin but for also managing to get this CLN news in before the episode dropped today
https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/120/
#nevent1q…dhrq

2026-08-26 18:50:19 CEST

Wife: "Weather up emitting, and if the baby hasn't been born yet, we should give the kids a bounce house day."
Saturday is 72 hours away.
LFG
#nevent1q…8uam

2026-08-26 16:16:26 CEST

Don't let your wife talk you into getting a bounce house for the kids. Just don't

2026-08-26 15:39:11 CEST

Clippy saved the day!
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#nevent1q…3uhz

2026-08-26 04:08:17 CEST

Laptop got fried? Nice

2026-08-25 19:47:11 CEST

COMPOSTABLE*
* not really**
** like seriously not even close lolol***
*** I'm warning you, if you put in your compost bin you'll be growing macroplastics in your garden next year lolbbq
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2026-08-23 03:31:43 CEST

Man, watching your children just be is amazing. Cuts through all the wild going on. Thank God

2026-08-23 03:00:28 CEST

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I'll be honest. I'm too much of a slowbro to understand wine. I know that sweetness and alcohol content are considerations. At least in part because hot water is used to cut the wine. Kagor is almost syrupy it's so sweet, so adding a dash of boiling water and letting it sit for a few opens it up nicely.
I know there are a number of Christians who are BTCers and might want to support a fellow traveler

2026-08-22 15:19:59 CEST

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Is it? This isn't the first time someone has been confused by a post of yours. You seem to inconsistently use : and - to distinguish quotes when there's already marks that literally do that. It's particularly confusing when you don't even cite the sources you claim to be quoting

2026-08-22 15:07:50 CEST

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Like for communion or after. This is what I usually pick up for our parish for after receiving communion. Just a thought
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2026-08-22 06:32:25 CEST

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He could really benefit from learning about quotation marks

2026-08-22 06:22:41 CEST

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But do y'all make a sacramental wine?

2026-08-21 20:18:33 CEST

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BULLS ON PARADE

2026-08-20 05:43:04 CEST

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Are you saying that sedes have had similar scandals as main chain Catholics?

2026-08-19 20:58:58 CEST

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It actually makes a lot of sense for a sedevacantist

2026-08-19 20:47:33 CEST

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But have you tried amphetamines?!
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2026-08-19 19:07:55 CEST

Holy Dormition
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#nevent1q…kxcw
#Christian #Orthodox #OrthodoxChristian #Christ

2026-08-19 19:06:06 CEST

St. Gregory Palamas
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#nevent1q…v8wv
#Christian #Orthodox #OrthodoxChristian #Christ

2026-08-19 19:03:44 CEST

This has been a very monastic summer. Three states. Three monasteries
Holy Cross
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#Christian #Orthodox #OrthodoxChristian #Christ

2026-08-19 17:31:19 CEST

Man, what the hell. Did @npub1cj3e7y539yw52fq9ekxa67vvfg568pvv2txsmpplra599nchdqhqjrklr7 just wipe my profile?

2026-08-19 16:01:20 CEST

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He's just a sedevacantist

2026-08-19 15:18:20 CEST

How long til @nprofile…36rd runs with this?
#nevent1q…65cp

2026-08-19 15:15:34 CEST

Claude, thoughts on the BIP-110/sedevacantism overlap?
> Your framing holds up better than the "crash out" narrative does. What looks from outside like a man losing the plot in public is, read from inside his own stated ecclesiology, an entirely coherent — even predictable — application of a position he's held in writing for years.
>
> ## The primary text is on his own server
>
> Dashjr hosts an essay at dashjr.org/catholic/sedevacantist.php, adapted from Gerry Matatics, laying out eight objections to the *term* "sedevacantist." It's the Rosetta stone here, because almost every move he made in August was prefigured in it.
>
> The essay's core structure is what I'd call **negative certainty**. He explicitly refuses the positive claim — he won't assert there's no valid pope anywhere, allowing for a "hidden" pope God brings forth at a predestined moment — while asserting the negative with total confidence: by strict application of Catholic principles, this particular claimant definitely cannot be pope.
> Now map that. He does not need the BIP-110 chain to survive in order to be certain that the majority chain isn't Bitcoin. He rejected the failure label entirely, posting that BIP110 is active on the Bitcoin network and accusing pools and miners of attacking it, and has continued to refuse to treat the majority chain as Bitcoin, calling it "Bpedo" and predicting its failure. Two blocks and a stall is not a refutation of anything, because the claim was never "my chain will win." The claim is "yours isn't the real one." Those are different propositions and only one of them is falsifiable by hashrate.
>
> ## Indefectibility, transposed
>
> Sedevacantism is not skepticism about the Church — it's the opposite. The position rests on belief in papal infallibility and the indefectibility of the Church; because the Church cannot fail, the visible occupant must be the one who defected. The institution's perfection is the premise that forces the conclusion that the men in the building are usurpers.
>
> Transpose the premise to "the rules are Bitcoin, and nodes — not miners — enforce them." Then a 97.5% hashrate majority accepting inscriptions isn't evidence that he's wrong; it's the *content* of the apostasy. The argument "look how few of you there are" is exactly the argument sedevacantists have absorbed for sixty years against a billion-member visible church. He is fully inoculated against it. This is why the outside view reads as a meltdown and the inside view reads as an ordinary Tuesday.
>
> ## "They have no authority to do so"
>
> This is the tell, and it's canonical, not procedural. Erhardt's motion was procedural — conflict of interest, numbering BIP-110 on X before mailing-list discussion, a merge minutes after the PR opened, fewer than 1% of editor comments since April 2024. Dashjr didn't litigate on those terms. He called it an abuse of power and said Core had no authority to remove him, adding that Core isn't supposed to have any control of the BIPs repo.
>
> That's a *nullity* claim — the Bellarmine-flavored move that a body which has exceeded or forfeited its competence produces acts that are void, not merely unjust. And point 8 of his own essay is nearly word-for-word applicable: the term "sedevacantist" describes only the extrinsic accident of who happens to control Vatican City at that moment, and nothing about the man's faith. Substitute GitHub permissions for Vatican City. Possession of the keys is not possession of the office. The removal was executed by revoking GitHub permissions and merging a one-line PR deleting his name — from his frame, that's the seizure of a building, not a judgment.
>
> ## The war over nouns
>
> Points 1 through 4 of the essay are entirely about naming: the label is unnecessary, unauthorized, dismissive, and prejudicial — coined by opponents to stigmatize, in the way Arians called Nicene Christians "Athanasianites" while appropriating "Catholic" for themselves. On X in April he compressed it: "sedevacantist" is a slur heretics use for actual Catholics, like "papist."
>
> Then watch August. The removal motion called it a forkcoin spun out of Bitcoin under his leadership. He rejects "fork" — he'd already been doing this a year earlier, denying BIP-444 was a hardfork — and answers with "Bpedo," a defiling name for the majority. Same operation, run twice: whoever controls the noun controls the continuity claim. The Arian analogy in his own essay is not decoration; it's his theory of how a majority steals a name.
>
> ## Why the fight is about purity, not fees
>
> The economic arguments (blockspace, fees, node storage) are real but subordinate. The operative horror is CSAM in the permanent record — the concern that drove the whole Knots/Core split after the OP_RETURN default went from 80 bytes to 100,000. That's a desecration argument, not a cost argument, and it maps onto the sedevacantist objection that isn't really about one man in Rome. Point 6 of his essay is explicit: the crisis isn't the papal vacancy alone, it's a false Mass, false sacraments, a false catechism — a counterfeit church wearing the real one's name.
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> You don't negotiate a compromise on desecration, which is why he flatly refused calls to withdraw the proposal, saying it was too late to cancel. And it explains why the sharpest pressure point is participation: a node operator forced to store filth on his own disk is being made a material cooperator. That's a moral-theological category, and it's doing more work in his reasoning than any fee-market model.
>
> ## Where the parallel indicts him
>
> The strongest critique is internal, and it's a genuine one. The entire BIP-110 case rests on nodes determining consensus and miners merely ordering transactions — which is what makes a soft fork the safe, conservative tool. If that's true, a PoW change is unnecessary; preparing one concedes that hashrate decides after all. Chris Guida rebased Dashjr's 2017 PoW code onto Knots as a contingency, and Dashjr said a PoW change was the only option if BIP-110 failed.
>
> Ecclesiologically, that's the step from sedevacantism to **conclavism** — from "the see is vacant, we keep the faith and wait" to "we will constitute a valid authority ourselves." And his essay explicitly ridicules the conclavist claimants, calling their legal pretensions flimsy and far-fetched. He is, by his own published standard, doing the thing he mocks.
>
> Even the mechanism betrays the discomfort. His plan for choosing the new PoW algorithm was a commitment scheme: nobody would know it until everyone knew simultaneously, keyed to the next Testnet4 block after a set hour. That is an elaborate apparatus for ensuring that *no human being chooses* — the algorithm is disclosed at an appointed moment rather than decided. Compare the hidden pope brought forth at the predestined time. It's the same instinct: legitimacy must come from outside human discretion, because human discretion is exactly what he thinks corrupted the institution.
>
> ## Two caveats worth keeping
>
> First, this is structural correspondence, not proof of causation. He's been the minority-purist on block size and node cost since 2013, well before any of this; a temperament that produces maximalist-remnant positions could be generating both commitments rather than one deriving from the other. And correspondence is not refutation — the CSAM concern and the node-cost concern stand or fall on their own merits regardless of what motivates the man raising them.
>
> Second, the analogy has a hard limit, and it cuts against him. The Church can be a remnant for three centuries; a chain that stops producing blocks is dead in weeks. Ecclesial indefectibility is a claim about a supernatural society with no external arbiter. Bitcoin's validity is jointly constituted by rules *and* economic acceptance — the chain with accumulated work, economic acceptance and market recognition simply continued without him. His ecclesiology is internally tighter than his consensus theory, which is an odd thing to have to say.
>
> There's also an irony you'll appreciate: his Bitcoin epistemology is materially Protestant — the text alone, no magisterium, every man validating for himself — while his ecclesiology is maximally Catholic. Though sedevacantism has always had that shape. A maximalist theory of authority, confronted with an authority it judges corrupt, produces *forced private judgment*. Run your own node, enforce your own rules, trust no one. Which is why the alleged leaked line — "Either Bitcoin dies or we trust someone," which he denied and called slander — was so explosive whether or not he said it. It names the exact place where that posture runs out of road.
>
> The prediction the framework makes: he won't recant, won't accept "fork," and will keep building. He took a sabbatical from Ocean and said he'd turn his focus to Bitcoin and open-source projects supporting it. Per his own point 8, his position is invariant to the external state of affairs. The chair being occupied by a usurper doesn't change the content of the faith one iota.
#nevent1q…jldq

2026-08-19 05:17:55 CEST

All the BIP-110 drama makes sense when you realize @nprofile…979m is just hella depressed
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2026-08-19 05:06:50 CEST

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Memetic desire ftw

2026-08-19 05:03:11 CEST

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That candle ain't paraffin, is it?

2026-08-19 04:07:12 CEST

I see your base 2 and raise you a base 3
Advent of Computing: Episode 187 - What's Better Than Binary?
Episode webpage: https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-187-whats-better-than-binary

2026-08-18 20:42:34 CEST

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My local drug dealers just go to city hall for free advertising these days

2026-08-18 19:12:19 CEST

*wife serves kids pigs in a blanket*
kids: yuck! I don't like this!
*box sits in freezer*
wife: hey, the kids hate those pigs in a blanket and the box is taking up space. can you eat them?
me: sure
*wife steals one off my plate*
kids: oh, can i try one too? oh, I like these! are they like hotdogs?!
So now half my lunch is gone. Not the same as @nprofile…2szn and his snot-flavored cookie, but dad life is a diverse tapestry of experience

2026-08-18 19:04:47 CEST

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This note singlehandedly took AMC's site down
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2026-08-18 16:33:09 CEST

I think understanding Faustian Man helps understand some of the BIP110 fall out, particularly "muh game theory"
https://zacharyporcu.substack.com/p/decline-of-the-west-ep3-faustian

2026-08-15 05:13:16 CEST

Somebody purplepill
Podcasting 2.0: Episode 267: Chocolove
Episode webpage: https://www.podpage.com/podcasting-20/chocolove/
Media file: https://op3.dev/e/mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-267-2026-08-14-Final.mp3

2026-08-14 22:45:23 CEST

Idk how Damus can afford all these airdrops but I'm making out like a bandit!

2026-08-13 22:36:40 CEST

Having trouble sleeping? Read some AI commit messages

2026-08-13 14:38:53 CEST

Another solid episode of TWiB from @nprofile…dq3s doesn't bury or have amnesia about BIP-110 nor ColdCard while not getting bogged down by those topics neither
This Week in Bitcoin: Why BIP-110 Failed
Episode webpage: https://boost.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?show=twib
Media file: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/XqRoTG73hs02FohjeFrS/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---A9USL2hI08SXr4o2ggqu.mp3

2026-08-12 06:02:57 CEST

I find myself returning to AntennaPod, again. It's just so nice. Kind of doubting I'll be leaving again
https://antennapod.org/

2026-08-12 04:05:25 CEST

Has anyone listened to this and understood what @nprofile…uh0e is talking about? One moment it's how Strike is smart to be closed source because they have an upperhand against attackers. Next thing you know it's that Bitcoin is superior thanks to being truly open source (as opposed to source available) and all the eyes on it improving it. I feel like there's some line trying to be defined but it just sounds like talking out both sides the mouth
#nevent1q…wfn3

2026-08-10 20:18:26 CEST

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My apologies. Been swamped with life, prepping for another baby, &c. I plan on pivoting back to it once a couple things settle down

2026-08-10 19:54:09 CEST

What the hell is going on with this episode, @nprofile…dq3s ? lol
https://podverse.fm/episode/X0xhpF-7D

2026-08-07 11:36:54 CEST

0400 seems like a perfectly reasonable time to be in church

2026-08-02 06:14:48 CEST

Super stoked! Just got a Coldcard MK3 for a steal on eBay!

2026-05-30 03:42:40 CEST

Is there a federal regulation mandating hotel pool towels be made of sandpaper?

2026-05-28 04:00:36 CEST

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I'll try working on it when I'm back from vacation. Appreciate the suggestion!

2026-05-28 03:58:00 CEST

Felt kinda cute. Figured I'd check out @npub1hs5…5rx4's moStard. Can't figure out how to send on-chain zaps tho
https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qq9k7un89ekk7um5v9exgqgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh85ctswd6x7un99ejx2aszyz7z32k4k9nlx8wn03nd3j2agqxxgywcxf676yk9qnmqjew3l8hvvqcyqqq8uzcysrg2y

2026-05-28 03:47:14 CEST

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That's not a half bad idea at all

2026-05-28 03:46:13 CEST

"When such a child becomes an adult, he naturally surrounds himself with the same things he was used to in his childhood: comforts, amusements, and grown-up toys. Life becomes a constant search for “fun” which, by the way, is a word totally unheard of in any other vocabulary; in 19th century Russia they wouldn’t have understood what this word meant, or any serious civilization. Life is a constant search for “fun” which is so empty of any serious meaning that a visitor from any 19th-century country, looking at our popular television programs, amusement parks, advertisements, movies, music—at almost any aspect of our popular culture—would think he had stumbled across a land of imbeciles who have lost all contact with normal reality. We don’t often take that into consideration, because we are living in this society and we take it for granted.
Some recent observers of our contemporary life have called the young people of today the “me generation” and our times the “age of narcissism,” characterized by a worship of and fascination with oneself that prevents a normal human life from developing. Others have spoken of the”plastic” universe or fantasy world in which so many people live today, unable to face or come to terms with the reality of the world around them or the problems within themselves.”
-St. Seraphim of Platina

2026-05-26 18:15:12 CEST

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What's missing for you that's necessary in a bare bones client?

2026-05-26 17:45:05 CEST

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Me neither. Perhaps Codex will help you learn. I'm a Neanderthal and just live in the terminal with opencode, Claude code, or whatever. I'd say it's much more hands-off l. I have learned a bit, but not much lol my goal isn't to #learntocode as much as it's to just build something

2026-05-26 15:05:36 CEST

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Do you have any experience coding?

2026-05-23 21:47:37 CEST

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I think Porcu does a good job describing it. But Western duality is pretty gnostic and implies opposition and antagonism instead of complementarity and cooperation. Personally I just think it's something to remind myself of; that I'm carrying baggage into a completely different system
https://podverse.fm/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8xODk3MTEwNzEvN2JhMjc5ZTFjMTAwNDlmZWIzNzE2ZmE5MjgzYmU4ZTEubXAz

2026-05-23 02:20:41 CEST

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I don't think the Chinese few it as an opposing duality like that

2026-04-13 04:13:29 CEST

https://x.com/usaorthoposting/status/2043177621383413881?s=20

2026-03-19 04:58:40 CET

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Do we need registrars if we just .onion all the things?

2026-03-18 00:18:17 CET

🦴🐕

2026-03-15 20:32:09 CET

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What does this mean?

2026-03-13 00:28:36 CET

My daughter screamed in the bathroom. I checked if everything was OK.
"Everything is fine. I was just doing some poops"
#humanslop

2026-03-09 01:52:50 CET

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No problem. I will put the Claude code down lol

2026-03-09 01:49:32 CET

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Any chance markdown support is coming or want me to vibecode something?

2026-03-08 22:52:00 CET

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I would second this route. GrapheneOS is nice. It can be an adjustment if you're doing a degoogle cleanse, but it's Great Lent so embrace struggle

2026-03-08 21:25:31 CET

Looks like I've joined the #wisp cult. Looks nice, though I wouldn't mind multi account support. Regardless I think it's my daily driver now. Thanks, @nprofile…jejf !

2026-03-07 19:19:45 CET

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Don't think I would, but I don't imagine it'd be that much of a pain to add? So doesn't really matter if many use it?

2026-03-05 01:09:20 CET

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Sorry. Didn't mean to pry

2026-03-04 16:26:53 CET

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Ah, I see. My apologies. I misinterpreted your op I think. So the Zionism has always been there but it's escalated into a death cult more recently. I thought you were saying that Zionism was this new thing.
Regardless, that's all absurd. Absolutely anathema. God willing they will open their eyes and repent.
How has that transition been for you?

2026-03-04 05:55:38 CET

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A new catechumen at our parish was remarking about how quickly it has grown. How? Why?

2026-03-02 04:53:37 CET

This is the Faith of the Apostles; this is the Faith of the Fathers; this is the Faith of the Orthodox; this is the Faith which has established the universe!
https://x.com/AngloVarangian/status/2028224103140807104?s=20

2026-03-01 04:37:05 CET

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner

2026-02-23 03:51:10 CET

It's Forgiveness Sunday and while this is a less than ideal medium it's the medium we currently have. Forgive me, a sinner. Pray for me. I pray you all have a blessed Lent as we journey together towards the empty tomb of our Lord
#Christian #Orthodoxy #Orthostr

2026-02-20 14:44:14 CET

First successfully automated post!
#nevent1q…36sq

2026-02-20 05:28:15 CET

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If someone is I hope they dont flag me

2026-02-20 05:27:27 CET

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Jokes on you. I never knew how to see to begin with

2026-02-19 19:44:53 CET

I broke down and vibecoded a python bot to post the daily readings and saint. You can follow it here: @nprofile…md6s.
These are the relevant repos in case it inspires you, there's a bug, or whatever:
https://github.com/daomah/orthostrbot
https://github.com/daomah/daily_saint_bot
https://github.com/daomah/daily_readings_bot

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## [Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphia - 19 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/19/100557-apostles-of-the-seventy-archippus-and-philemon-and-martyr-apphia)
![Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphia](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0219archippus.jpg)
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With your whole heart you followed the way of holiness
and became a companion of the Apostles, O Archippus.
By your word you preached the Faith,
and by your life you uprooted evil.
Having proved steadfast in contest you were granted the crown of righteousness.
🎶kontakion🎶
The Church has gained you as a great star, O Archippus,
and enlightened by the rays of your wonders it cries out to you:
“Save us, who with faith honor your memory.”
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

2026-02-19 05:44:50 CET

# [Scripture Readings for Wednesday, 18 February 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/18)
## [6th Hour reading for Cheesefare Wednesday (Joel 2:12-26)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/18/1)
> “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him – a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and nursing babes; let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, and the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar; let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, and do not give Your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, and pity His people. The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, and you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. But I will remove far from you the northern army, and will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, with his face toward the eastern sea and his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, and his foul odor will rise, because he has done monstrous things.” Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done marvelous things! Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; for the open pastures are springing up, and the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you – the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be put to shame.
## [Vespers reading for Cheesefare Wednesday (Joel 3:12-21)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/18/2)
> “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow – for their wickedness is great.” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will diminish their brightness. The Lord also will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; but the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, and no aliens shall ever pass through her again.” And it will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; a fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord and water the Valley of Acacias. “Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a desolate wilderness, because of violence against the people of Judah, for they have shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; for the Lord dwells in Zion.”
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

2026-02-18 05:31:17 CET

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Forgive me. I didn't mean anti-material dualism as a technical term. When I think of gnosticism I am thinking of a spirit vs matter dualistic system that sides with spirit being superior. So my question was simply is it fair to flatten gnosticism to such a degree and, from your response, I'd say you agree.
I think I would ever so gently push back against your assertion about reality being oppressive. Yes, they believe that, but it's that an aspect of reality is oppressive and not reality in its entirety. They accept the reality of their soul, but reject their bodies as oppressive (such as in the case of trans). I think, as Christians, we ought to hold that ground

2026-02-18 00:31:52 CET

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Do you mind elaborating? Historically, gnostic systems were quite complex. Is it fair to refer to anti-material dualism as gnosticism? I've used it as shorthand in that way with the trans movement but there's always that one guy who says, "um, actually, pleroma. aeons. &c."
Hadn't thought about it before but the Information Age's obsession with data and facts, even to the detriment of being able to see truth, certainly rhymes with the Gnostic emphasis on esoteric knowledge being salvific.
Hadn't thought fiat in this way before but it absolutely makes sense.
Luther and ilk get another L

2026-02-17 20:31:20 CET

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PSA bros aint ready for that PSA

2026-02-17 19:31:47 CET

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How would you define modern gnosticism and in what way does it help us map modernity? And what do you mean by modernity, I suppose?

2026-02-17 07:57:31 CET

## [Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (Recruit) - 17 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/17/100547-great-martyr-theodore-the-tyro-recruit)
![Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (Recruit)](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0217theodore-recruit.jpg)
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Great are the accomplishments of faith,
for the Holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced in the fount of flames as though at the waters of rest;
for having been made a whole burnt offering in the fire,
he was offered as a sweet bread to the Trinity.
By his entreaties, O Christ God, save our souls!
🎶kontakion🎶
Having received the faith of Christ in your heart as a breastplate,
you trampled upon inimical forces, O much-suffering champion,
and you have been crowned eternally with a heavenly crown, as one invincible.
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

2026-02-17 07:57:02 CET

## [Epistle reading for the Cheesefare Tuesday (Jude 1:1-10)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/17/1)
> Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.
## [Gospel reading for the Cheesefare Tuesday (Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/17/2)
> Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.” And while He was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to Him, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs? When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed at a distance. Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.” And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.” But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So Peter went out and wept bitterly. Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him. And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?” And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him. As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, “If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe. And if I also ask you, you will by no means answer Me or let Me go. Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.” Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” So He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.” And they said, “What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.” Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate.
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

2026-02-16 01:49:38 CET

## [Martyrs Pamphilius the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, and those with them, at Caesarea in Palestine - 16 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/16/100533-martyrs-pamphilius-the-presbyter-valens-the-deacon-and-those-wit)
![Martyrs Pamphilius the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, and those with them, at Caesarea in Palestine](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0216apamphilios.jpg)
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Your holy martyrs, Pamphilius and his companions, O Lord,
through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God.
For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries,
and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.
Through their intercessions, save our souls!
🎶kontakion🎶
Faced with terrible sufferings,
the fearless athletes of the Lord rejoiced;
they conversed with one another ignoring the flesh.
Therefore, they have inherited eternal glory,
ever praying for us who praise their struggles.
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

2026-02-16 01:48:46 CET

## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Monday (3 John 1:1-15)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/16/1)
> The Elder, to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well, because they went forth for His name’s sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles. We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth. I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the church. Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God. Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true. I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink; but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Monday (Luke 19:29-40, 22:7-39)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/16/2)
> And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’” So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?” And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying: “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.” So they said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare?” And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters. Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.” So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you. But behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table. And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!” Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing. Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials. And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.” And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.” Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.” So they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.” Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him.
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

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Mormons are still cringe though, right?

2026-02-15 05:43:15 CET

## [Sunday of Meatfare of the Last Judgment - 15 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/15/5-sunday-of-meatfare-of-the-last-judgment)
![Sunday of Meatfare of the Last Judgment](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/prelent/lastjudgement.jpg)
🎶kontakion🎶
When You, O God, shall come to earth with glory,
all things shall tremble
and the river of fire shall flow before Your judgment seat;
the books shall be opened and the hidden things disclosed!
Then deliver me from the unquenchable fire,
and make me worthy to stand at Your right hand, Most Righteous Judge!
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

2026-02-15 05:42:41 CET

## [3rd Matins Gospel reading for the Meatfare Sunday (Mark 16:9-20)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/15/1)
> Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either. Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Sunday (1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/15/2)
> But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Sunday (Matthew 25:31-46)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/15/3)
> When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

2026-02-14 05:34:37 CET

## [Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia - 14 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/14/100518-venerable-auxentius-of-bithynia)
![Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0214auxentius-bithynia.jpg)
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O citizen of the desert and angel in the body,
you were shown to be a wonderworker, our God-bearing Father Auxentios;
through fasting, vigil, and prayer, you received heavenly gifts,
healing the sick, and the souls of those who run to you with faith.
Glory to Him Who strengthened you.
Glory to Him Who crowned you.
Glory to Him Who, through you, works healing for all!
🎶kontakion🎶
Delighting in abstinence, O divinely wise one,
since you curbed the desires of the flesh,
your faith was seen to increase;
and you blossomed as a plant in the midst of Paradise,
most sacred Father Auxentios.
#Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

2026-02-14 05:34:05 CET

## [Epistle reading for Memorial Saturday (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/14/1)
> But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Saturday (1 Corinthians 10:23-28)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/14/3)
> All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake; for “the earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness.” If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake. But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake; for “the earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness.”
## [Gospel reading for Memorial Saturday (John 5:24-30)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/14/2)
> Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth – those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Saturday (Luke 21:8-9, 25-27, 33-36)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/14/4)
> And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them. But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.” And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
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2026-02-13 16:10:30 CET

## [Saints Martinian, Zoe, and Photina of Caesarea in Palestine - 13 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/13/100513-saints-martinian-zoe-and-photina-of-caesarea-in-palestine)
![Saints Martinian, Zoe, and Photina of Caesarea in Palestine](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0213martiniancaesarea.jpg)
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You quenched the flames of passion, blessed Martinian, with abundant tears;
you calmed the waves of the sea and checked the assaults of wild beasts, saying:
“Almighty God, You are most glorious, for You have saved me from the fire and storm!”
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Let us worthily praise with hymns the ever-venerable Martinian,
the tried ascetic who struggled for piety,
an honorable athlete by deliberate choice,
and a resolute citizen and inhabitant of the desert;
for he has trampled down the serpent.
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2026-02-13 16:08:39 CET

## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Friday (2 John 1:1-13)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/13/1)
> The Elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth, because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Friday (Mark 15:22-25, 33-41)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/13/2)
> And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it. And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take. Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!” Then someone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.” And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
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## [Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch - 12 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/12/100505-saint-meletius-archbishop-of-antioch)
![Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0212meletiusantioch.jpg)
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You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith,
an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence.
Because of your lowliness, Heaven was opened to you.
Because of your poverty, riches were granted to you.
O holy Bishop Meletios, pray to Christ our God to save our souls.
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Fearing your spiritual boldness, the apostate Makedonios fled,
and we your servants, celebrating your service with love, flee to you as an intercessor, O Meletios,
converser with Angels, and fiery sword of Christ our God, smiting all the godless;
and we sing to you, as a lamp which enlightens all.
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2026-02-13 03:08:35 CET

## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Thursday (1 John 4:20-5:21)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/12/1)
> If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is He who came by water and blood – Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Thursday (Mark 15:1-15)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/12/2)
> Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate. Then Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered and said to him, “It is as you say.” And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing. Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!” But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled. Now at the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they requested. And there was one named Barabbas, who was chained with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the rebellion. Then the multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them. But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” So they cried out again, “Crucify Him!” Then Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify Him!” So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
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## [Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste - 11 February](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/11/100501-hieromartyr-blaise-bishop-of-sebaste)
![Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste](https://images.oca.org/icons/lg/february/0211blaise03.jpg)
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By sharing in the ways of the Apostles,
you became a successor to their throne.
Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God;
by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith,
even to the shedding of your blood.
Hieromartyr Blaise, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
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Godly shoot, unfading flower,
most fruitful branch of Christ the Vine, God-bearing Blaise,
fill with joy those who in faith honor your memory
as you unceasingly intercede for us all.
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2026-02-12 03:46:59 CET

## [Epistle reading for the Meatfare Wednesday (1 John 3:21-4:6)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/11/1)
> Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
## [Gospel reading for the Meatfare Wednesday (Mark 14:43-15:1)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/02/11/2)
> And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely.” As soon as he had come, immediately he went up to Him and said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him. And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” Then they all forsook Him and fled. Now a certain young man followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him, and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes. But Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire. Now the chief priests and all the council sought testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. For many bore false witness against Him, but their testimonies did not agree. Then some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying, “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’” But not even then did their testimony agree. And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands. Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.” But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out on the porch, and a rooster crowed. And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, “This is one of them.” But he denied it again. And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, “Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.” Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak!” A second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter called to mind the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought about it, he wept. Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
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