Russian Orthodox

Tuesday February 10, 2026 / January 28, 2026

Week of the Prodigal Son. Tone two.

Venerable Ephraim the Syrian (373).
Venerable Theodosius, abbot, of Totma (Vologda) (1568).
St. Theodore confessor, priest (1933).
New Hieromartyrs Ignatius bishop of Skopinsk, Vladimir priest and Hieromartyr Bartholomeus, Virgin-martyr Olga (1938).
Venerable Leontius, confessor (1972).
Venerable Ephraim, abbot, wonderworker of Novotorzhok (1053).
Venerable Ephraim, bishop of Pereyaslavl (Kiev Caves) (1098).
Venerable Palladius the Hermit of Antioch (4th c.).
Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (ascetic writer) (7th c.).
"Sumorin Totma" Icon of the Mother of God (16th c.).
Venerable John of Reomans (544) (Gaul).
Venerable James the Ascetic of Porphyreon in Palestine (Greek).

The Scripture Readings

1 John 3:11-20
Mark 14:10-42
Galatians 5:22-6:2 Venerable Ephraim
Matthew 11:27-30 Venerable Ephraim

Troparion

St. Ephraim the Syrian, Troparion, Tone VIII —
With the streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren desert,/ and with sighs from the depths of thy soul thou didst render thy labors fruitful an hun­dredfold./ Thou wast a beacon for the whole world, radiating miracles.// O our father Ephraim, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.

Kontakion, Tone II, "Seeking the highest" —
Ever looking forth toward the hour of judgement,/ thou didst bitterly lament, O Ephraim;/ and though a lover of stillness/ thou wast also a teacher of activity, O venerable one,/ Wherefore, O universal father,// thou movest the slothful to repentance.

Design Jason Powell.