Saint Theophylactus lived at Constantinople in the eighth century during the time of the Iconoclast heresy. After the death of the iconoclast emperor Leo IV the Khazar (775-780), Emperor Constantine VI (780-797) ascended the throne. At the same time, the holy Patriarch Paul (August 30), not having…
St Lazarus of Murom was a Greek, born at Constantinople. In his native city he became a monk at the High-Mount monastery under the Elder Athanasius Diskotes, builder of many monasteries. Eight years later, Lazarus was under the guidance of Bishop Basil of Caesarea. In the year 1343 Bishop Basil,…
Saint Athanasius was igumen at the monastery of St Lazarus during the mid-fifteenth century. After his death, the ascetic’s body was buried in a separate chapel, where the chains of the saint were preserved as evidence of his exploits. The veneration of this saint goes back a long time. In…
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The Holy Apostle Hermas of the Seventy was bishop at Philippopolis, and died a martyr in the first century. In the Epistle to the Romans, the holy Apostle Paul summons the Romans to greet Hermas (Rom 16:14).
Saint Theodoritus was a presbyter and keeper of sacred vessels at the cathedral church in Antioch. This church was built and richly adorned by the emperor St Constantine the Great (May 21) and his son Constantius, and the people called it “the Golden church.” Having occupied the throne…
It is possible that this St Dometius is the same as St Dometius the Persian who is commemorated on August 7 with his two disciples.
This is a copy of the famous “Kursk Root” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos commemorated on November 27.
Saint Felix, the Apostle of East Anglia, was born in the Burgundy region of what is now France. He was a bishop who was sent to England by St Honorius of Canterbury (September 30) to evangelize East Anglia. St Felix established his See in Dunwich on the Suffolk coast in 631, and labored there…