The Very Rev. Fr. Tryphon, Abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, provides meaningful support and authoritative guidance for a profitable spiritual life in today's world.
Avoiding Isolation
9/17/2021 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Friends in High Places
9/16/2021 • 3 minutes, 56 seconds
Demanding Miracles
9/15/2021 • 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Conversion of Heart
9/14/2021 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds
Lust
9/13/2021 • 4 minutes, 28 seconds
Whose Faith is it Anyway?
9/10/2021 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
Sin As Illness
9/8/2021 • 3 minutes, 5 seconds
Passing on the Gift of Love
9/7/2021 • 4 minutes, 53 seconds
Avoiding the Rocks
9/6/2021 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
The Impact of Negative Thoughts
9/3/2021 • 3 minutes
Animals & The Afterlife
9/2/2021 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
The Chaplain
9/1/2021 • 3 minutes, 44 seconds
Johnny Appleseed
8/31/2021 • 2 minutes, 47 seconds
Collaboration
8/30/2021 • 2 minutes, 11 seconds
Kill the Ego
8/27/2021 • 3 minutes, 42 seconds
Imparting Love
8/26/2021 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds
The Greatest Miracle
8/25/2021 • 5 minutes, 22 seconds
A Microcosm
8/24/2021 • 4 minutes, 36 seconds
Trusting in God
8/23/2021 • 2 minutes, 1 second
The Real You
8/20/2021 • 3 minutes, 50 seconds
The Transfiguration
8/19/2021 • 3 minutes, 13 seconds
A Faith for the Sick
8/18/2021 • 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Striving for Prayer
8/17/2021 • 3 minutes, 23 seconds
The Dormition Fast
8/16/2021 • 3 minutes, 52 seconds
The Monastery’s Patronal Feast
8/14/2021 • 3 minutes, 35 seconds
God’s Creatures
8/12/2021 • 4 minutes, 6 seconds
Standing Before God
8/11/2021 • 3 minutes, 42 seconds
The Memory of the Church
8/10/2021 • 3 minutes, 44 seconds
Righteous Anger?
8/9/2021 • 4 minutes, 13 seconds
Crucified to Self
8/6/2021 • 4 minutes, 11 seconds
The Holy Oblation
8/5/2021 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
A Living Organism
8/4/2021 • 4 minutes, 8 seconds
Humbling Ourselves in Confession
8/3/2021 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
My Box on the 309
8/2/2021 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
True Knowledge
7/30/2021 • 1 minute, 45 seconds
Situation Ethics
7/29/2021 • 2 minutes, 57 seconds
Modest Attire
7/28/2021 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Closed Communion
7/27/2021 • 4 minutes, 28 seconds
Regeneration
7/26/2021 • 2 minutes, 46 seconds
Remembrance
7/23/2021 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
The New Paganism
7/22/2021 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
The Pain of Suffering
7/21/2021 • 1 minute, 42 seconds
The Kindly Priest
7/20/2021 • 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Courage and Faith
7/19/2021 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Orthodoxy and Beauty
7/16/2021 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Oxygen
7/15/2021 • 5 minutes, 5 seconds
Holy Images
7/14/2021 • 3 minutes, 40 seconds
The Church Calendar
7/13/2021 • 3 minutes, 10 seconds
The Gift of Life
7/12/2021 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
Binding Our Anger
7/9/2021 • 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Preparing for Communion
7/8/2021 • 5 minutes, 7 seconds
The Role of Doubt
7/7/2021 • 5 minutes, 27 seconds
True Prayer
7/6/2021 • 2 minutes, 22 seconds
The Soul
7/5/2021 • 2 minutes, 13 seconds
Emotional Intelligence
7/2/2021 • 5 minutes, 11 seconds
Go Into All The World
7/1/2021 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Christ The Victor
6/30/2021 • 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Piety vs Hypocrisy
6/29/2021 • 4 minutes, 7 seconds
Blessed Dimitry of Santa Rosa
6/28/2021 • 3 minutes, 40 seconds
Our Fear-Based World
6/25/2021 • 4 minutes, 10 seconds
Transformed by Christ
6/24/2021 • 4 minutes, 49 seconds
Fasting That Is Pleasing To God
6/24/2021 • 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Entering Into Silence
6/22/2021 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
The Problem of Evil
6/21/2021 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
Lust
6/18/2021 • 4 minutes, 45 seconds
Birth Control
6/17/2021 • 2 minutes, 28 seconds
The Struggle
6/16/2021 • 2 minutes, 44 seconds
The Will of God
6/15/2021 • 2 minutes, 18 seconds
Substance and Shadow
6/14/2021 • 2 minutes, 18 seconds
Good Deeds
6/11/2021 • 1 minute, 50 seconds
Eternity
6/10/2021 • 2 minutes, 49 seconds
Igniting the Soul
6/9/2021 • 3 minutes, 7 seconds
How Should We Pray?
6/8/2021 • 4 minutes, 15 seconds
The Divine Flame
6/7/2021 • 2 minutes, 13 seconds
The Christian Family
6/4/2021 • 3 minutes, 6 seconds
Correcting Others
6/3/2021 • 3 minutes, 28 seconds
The Hospital
6/2/2021 • 3 minutes, 33 seconds
Our Personal Sovereignty
6/1/2021 • 3 minutes, 1 second
Memorial Day
5/31/2021 • 2 minutes, 34 seconds
Love Transforms
5/28/2021 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Hospice or Hospital
5/27/2021 • 3 minutes, 13 seconds
True Shepherds
5/26/2021 • 4 minutes, 46 seconds
Overpowered by Temptations
5/25/2021 • 2 minutes, 19 seconds
The Cloud of Witnesses
5/24/2021 • 3 minutes, 30 seconds
The Chief of Sinners
5/21/2021 • 2 minutes, 54 seconds
Becoming Humble and Contrite
5/20/2021 • 2 minutes, 46 seconds
Restoration
5/19/2021 • 1 minute, 44 seconds
The Two Great Commandments
5/18/2021 • 2 minutes, 54 seconds
Best Friend
5/17/2021 • 2 minutes, 14 seconds
Obscuring the Message
5/14/2021 • 3 minutes, 24 seconds
Postponing
5/13/2021 • 2 minutes, 21 seconds
The Disturbed Heart
5/12/2021 • 3 minutes, 44 seconds
One Person at a Time
5/11/2021 • 2 minutes, 13 seconds
The Eternal Banquet
5/10/2021 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Fruitless Discussions
5/7/2021 • 3 minutes, 24 seconds
Loving Ourselves
5/6/2021 • 2 minutes, 40 seconds
Christian Friendships
5/5/2021 • 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Transparency
5/4/2021 • 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Jubilation
5/3/2021 • 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Great and Holy Friday
4/30/2021 • 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Holy Thursday
4/29/2021 • 3 minutes, 55 seconds
Holy and Great Wednesday
4/28/2021 • 3 minutes, 29 seconds
Great and Holy Tuesday
4/27/2021 • 3 minutes, 18 seconds
Holy and Great Monday
4/26/2021 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
Casting Aside Despondency
4/26/2021 • 4 minutes
A Funnel
4/22/2021 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Sharing the Gift of Love
4/21/2021 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
The Divine Presence
4/20/2021 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Spiritual Battle
4/19/2021 • 3 minutes, 18 seconds
Patient Endurance
4/16/2021 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds
The Mystery of the Church
4/15/2021 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Self Imposed Exile
4/14/2021 • 2 minutes, 47 seconds
Taste the Presence
4/13/2021 • 2 minutes, 40 seconds
Dark Forces
4/12/2021 • 5 minutes, 32 seconds
Participation in the Divine Life
4/9/2021 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
When Our Prayers Become Dry
4/8/2021 • 2 minutes, 31 seconds
Our Weaknesses
4/7/2021 • 4 minutes, 23 seconds
The Holy Virgin
4/6/2021 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
How Do We Forgive?
4/5/2021 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Curbing Division
4/2/2021 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Two Types
4/1/2021 • 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Guilt & Shame
3/31/2021 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Leaven
3/30/2021 • 2 minutes, 23 seconds
Avoiding Hypocrisy
3/29/2021 • 3 minutes, 10 seconds
Our Free Choice
3/26/2021 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
The Heart
3/25/2021 • 1 minute, 50 seconds
Ascetic Struggle
3/24/2021 • 4 minutes, 5 seconds
The Inverted Pyramid
3/23/2021 • 2 minutes, 15 seconds
Humility
3/22/2021 • 3 minutes, 10 seconds
How to Forgive
3/19/2021 • 3 minutes, 34 seconds
Are These The End Times?
3/18/2021 • 3 minutes, 20 seconds
We’re All In This Together
3/17/2021 • 1 minute, 56 seconds
Ending Judgement & Cruelty
3/16/2021 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
The Great Fast
3/15/2021 • 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Memory
3/12/2021 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Despondency
3/11/2021 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Ancestral Sin
3/10/2021 • 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Fertile Ground
3/9/2021 • 3 minutes, 1 second
The Banishment of Hell
3/8/2021 • 2 minutes, 31 seconds
The Inhuman Behavior of Man to Man
3/5/2021 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Friends in High Places
3/4/2021 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Real Humility
3/3/2021 • 3 minutes, 32 seconds
The Way of Christ
3/2/2021 • 3 minutes, 33 seconds
Many Have Contemplated Suicide
3/1/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 seconds
Repeat Offenders
2/26/2021 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
The Darkness
2/25/2021 • 2 minutes, 40 seconds
The Surrender of Self Will
2/24/2021 • 2 minutes, 26 seconds
The Struggle
2/23/2021 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Preparing for Great Lent
2/22/2021 • 2 minutes, 6 seconds
In Our Silence
2/19/2021 • 3 minutes, 21 seconds
Same Sex Attraction
2/18/2021 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
The Jesus Prayer
2/17/2021 • 4 minutes, 22 seconds
The Gym
2/16/2021 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
The Three Disciplines
2/15/2021 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
Death
2/12/2021 • 3 minutes, 27 seconds
Imitate the Saints
2/11/2021 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Unfair
2/10/2021 • 1 minute, 59 seconds
The Vessel
2/9/2021 • 5 minutes, 24 seconds
Holy Tradition
2/8/2021 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
The Bishop
2/5/2021 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Rootedness
2/4/2021 • 1 minute, 59 seconds
Sin As Illness
2/3/2021 • 2 minutes, 48 seconds
Consolation
2/2/2021 • 2 minutes, 41 seconds
Death is Inevitable
2/1/2021 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
Orthodoxy and the New Cultural Religion
1/29/2021 • 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Embracing the Ancient Orthodox Catholic Faith
1/28/2021 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Dressing For Church
1/27/2021 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Laboring Over Oneself
1/25/2021 • 2 minutes, 38 seconds
Detachment
1/22/2021 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
The Two Natures Of Christ
1/22/2021 • 2 minutes
Our Unity in Christ
1/20/2021 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Bullying
1/19/2021 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
Spiritual Therapy
1/18/2021 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
The Remembrance of God
1/15/2021 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
The Feast of the Circumcision
1/14/2021 • 4 minutes, 38 seconds
Dark Times
1/13/2021 • 4 minutes, 5 seconds
The Holy Mysteries
1/12/2021 • 3 minutes, 17 seconds
A New Era of Faith
1/11/2021 • 4 minutes, 43 seconds
The Spirit of Correction
1/8/2021 • 3 minutes, 40 seconds
The Birth of Our Savior
1/7/2021 • 2 minutes, 41 seconds
Theosis
1/6/2021 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
The Incarnation
1/5/2021 • 3 minutes, 34 seconds
Fertile Ground
1/4/2021 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
The Two Great Commandments
1/1/2021 • 3 minutes, 24 seconds
The Church
12/31/2020 • 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Becoming Like Christ
12/30/2020 • 3 minutes, 2 seconds
The Intercession of the Saints
12/29/2020 • 3 minutes, 58 seconds
The Mystical Supper
12/28/2020 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Merry Christmas!
12/25/2020 • 1 minute, 55 seconds
In Our Aloneness
12/24/2020 • 2 minutes, 34 seconds
The Christ-Centered Family
12/23/2020 • 3 minutes, 15 seconds
The Limits of Human Reason
12/22/2020 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Darkness & Light
12/21/2020 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
Giving Up Hope
12/18/2020 • 4 minutes, 29 seconds
Depression
12/17/2020 • 3 minutes, 26 seconds
Witnessing Christ
12/16/2020 • 3 minutes, 48 seconds
The Examination of the Heart
12/15/2020 • 1 minute, 39 seconds
God’s Mercy
12/14/2020 • 2 minutes, 9 seconds
End Times
12/11/2020 • 5 minutes, 39 seconds
Support Your Priest
12/10/2020 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Liturgical Worship
12/9/2020 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Arrow Prayers
12/8/2020 • 3 minutes, 12 seconds
Putting Off Despondency
12/7/2020 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
The Greatest Danger
12/4/2020 • 5 minutes, 33 seconds
The Hermit
12/3/2020 • 4 minutes, 57 seconds
Heads Above Water
12/2/2020 • 2 minutes, 3 seconds
The Poor and the Hungry
12/1/2020 • 0
The Nativity Fast
11/30/2020 • 3 minutes, 10 seconds
Sharing Orthodoxy in a Post-Christian Era
11/27/2020 • 2 minutes, 21 seconds
Thanksgiving
11/26/2020 • 5 minutes, 7 seconds
Community in Dark Times
11/25/2020 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
Remembering One’s First Love
11/24/2020 • 5 minutes, 23 seconds
When God Seems Absent
11/23/2020 • 3 minutes, 32 seconds
Broken
11/20/2020 • 5 minutes, 13 seconds
Isolation
11/19/2020 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
The Acquisition of Wisdom
11/18/2020 • 2 minutes, 34 seconds
The Powers of Darkness
11/17/2020 • 3 minutes
Religious Liberty
11/16/2020 • 4 minutes, 4 seconds
True Repentance
11/13/2020 • 4 minutes, 6 seconds
Suffering Love
11/12/2020 • 4 minutes, 31 seconds
The Preeminence of Love
11/11/2020 • 5 minutes, 27 seconds
Governed by the Gospel
11/10/2020 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
The Proof of Love
11/9/2020 • 3 minutes, 30 seconds
The Saving Enclosure of the Church
11/6/2020 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
Seeking Reconciliation
11/6/2020 • 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Protecting Our Children
10/30/2020 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
The First Steps on the Path of Holy Sobriety
10/29/2020 • 3 minutes, 59 seconds
Struggling With Prayer
10/28/2020 • 2 minutes, 44 seconds
Divided Loyalties
10/27/2020 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
Holy Images
10/26/2020 • 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Reclaiming Our Common Heritage
10/23/2020 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
The Homosexual Person
10/22/2020 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Medicine for the Heart
10/21/2020 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Overcoming Disinclination
10/20/2020 • 2 minutes, 36 seconds
The Ancient Faith
10/19/2020 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Living Without Fear
10/16/2020 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Sharing Orthodoxy
10/15/2020 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
Mary: The Mother of God
10/14/2020 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
The Fruit of Love
10/13/2020 • 3 minutes, 18 seconds
The Great Divide
10/12/2020 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Hope
10/9/2020 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
The ER for the Soul
10/9/2020 • 4 minutes, 7 seconds
The Church is an Essential Institution
10/7/2020 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Dismantling Christian Civilization
10/6/2020 • 4 minutes, 15 seconds
Anger
10/5/2020 • 3 minutes, 32 seconds
Alienation
10/2/2020 • 4 minutes
Trials & Temptations
10/1/2020 • 1 minute, 41 seconds
The Old & New Calendars
9/30/2020 • 2 minutes, 27 seconds
Visual Beauty
9/29/2020 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
The Holiness of the Church
9/28/2020 • 3 minutes, 59 seconds
Sexual Purity
9/25/2020 • 6 minutes, 23 seconds
Stillness
9/24/2020 • 1 minute, 43 seconds
The Ancient Church Alive Today
9/23/2020 • 6 minutes
The Church: An Essential Institution
9/22/2020 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
Has Christ Not Triumphed Over Death?
9/21/2020 • 4 minutes, 46 seconds
Anger
9/18/2020 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
The Despair of Nihilism
9/17/2020 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
This Age Demands Boldness
9/16/2020 • 2 minutes, 29 seconds
The Necessary Component
9/15/2020 • 2 minutes, 28 seconds
The Divine Liturgy
9/11/2020 • 5 minutes, 33 seconds
Influencing Our Thoughts
9/10/2020 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
True Evangelism
9/9/2020 • 4 minutes, 17 seconds
Hell and Hate
9/8/2020 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
Being Sensitive
9/7/2020 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Regeneration
9/4/2020 • 2 minutes, 40 seconds
The Disturbed Heart
9/3/2020 • 3 minutes, 57 seconds
The Ego
9/2/2020 • 3 minutes, 45 seconds
Oxygen
9/1/2020 • 5 minutes, 22 seconds
Angels Unawares
8/31/2020 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
Interpreting the Bible
8/28/2020 • 3 minutes, 39 seconds
No Quick Timeline
8/27/2020 • 4 minutes, 1 second
Community
Abbot Tryphon discusses the salvific nature of community.
8/26/2020 • 3 minutes, 24 seconds
Spiritual Drought
Abbot Tryphon discusses dryness in the spiritual life.