Pilgrimage to Mount Athos – Spring 2025

Father Oleg, accompanied by several parishioners from St. Xenia Parish, made a pilgrimage to Mount Athos in the spring of 2025. The holiness and beauty of this sacred place are beyond imagination and continue to reveal themselves in the heart long after the journey ends. These photos were taken during their blessed pilgrimage. If you have any questions about the visit or would like to learn more, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Sunday October 12, 2025 / September 29, 2025

18^th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone one.

Synaxis of Saints of Chelyabinsk Metropolia (movable holiday on the Sunday after to September 27^th).

Synaxis of Saints of Kuban Metropolia (movable holiday on the Sunday after to September 28^th).

Synaxis of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Spanish and Portuguese Lands (movable holiday on the Sunday before September 29^th).

Venerable Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine (556).

Uncovering of the relics of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker (1993)

New Hieromartyr John, archbishop of Riga in Latvia (1934).

New Hieromartyr Michael Krasnotsvetov (1937).

Martyrs Dada, Gabdelas, and Casdoe (Casdoa) of Persia (4th c.).

Venerable Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza.

Holy Martyr Gudelia of Persia (4th c.).

Venerable Cyprian, abbot, of Ustiug (Vologda) (1276).

The Eighty Holy Martyrs of Byzantium (4th c.).

Martyrs Tryphon, Trophimus, and Dorymedon, and 150 Martyrs m Palestine (Greek).

Translation of the relics of Venerable Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus (1214) (Greek).

St. Auxentius the Wonderworker (Greek).

New Monk-martyr Malachias of Rhodes (1500).

St. Onuphrius the Wonderworker of Garesja, Georgia (18th c.).

The Scripture Readings

John 20:1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Luke 6:31-36