The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and with them the Martyrs Claudius the Tribune with his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Presbyter and Marianus the Deacon. St Chrysanthus came from a pagan family who had moved to Rome from Alexandria. He received a fine…
The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and with them the Martyrs Claudius the Tribune with his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Presbyter and Marianus the Deacon. St Chrysanthus came from a pagan family who had moved to Rome from Alexandria. He received a fine…
The Holy Martyrs Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Presbyter and Marianus the Deacon suffered with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. The tribune Claudius himself came to believe in Christ and accepted holy Baptism together with his wife Hilaria, their…
The Holy Martyrs Hilaria, her husband Claudius the Tribune, and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Presbyter and Marianus the Deacon suffered with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. The tribune Claudius himself came to believe in Christ and accepted holy Baptism together with his wife Hilaria,…
Saints Jason and Maurus were the sons of Sts Claudius and Hilaria, and suffered martyrdom with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. The tribune Claudius himself came to believe in Christ and accepted holy Baptism together with his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus, and all his household and soldiers.…
Saints Maurus and Jason were the sons of Sts Claudius and Hilaria, and suffered martyrdom with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. The tribune Claudius himself came to believe in Christ and accepted holy Baptism together with his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus, and all his household and soldiers.…
Saints Diodorus the presbyter and Marianus the deacon suffered martyrdom with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. In a cave near the place of execution, Christians began to gather to honor the anniversary of the saints’ martyrdom. They celebrated Church services and partook of the Holy Mysteries.…
Saints Marianus the deacon and Diodorus the presbyter suffered martyrdom with Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. In a cave near the place of execution, Christians began to gather to honor the anniversary of the saints’ martyrdom. They celebrated Church services and partook of the Holy Mysteries.…
Saint Innocent of Komel and Vologda was born at Moscow, and was descended from the Moscow princely family of Okhlyabinin. He became a monk in the monastery of St Cyril of White Lake (June 9), and was put under the guidance of St Nilus of Sora (May 7). Sts Innocent and Nilus wandered through the…
The Holy Martyr Pancharius was a friend of the emperor Diocletian. He abandoned Christianity and became a pagan. His mother and sister sent him a letter in which they urged the apostate to fear God and the dread Last Judgment. Having repented, St Pancharius openly confessed his faith before the…
The Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God manifested itself in the year 1103 at Smolensk. There is another Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon from the vicinity of Okopa (down from Smolensk). This icon was in the encampment of the Russian armies of the military commander…
This holy icon, which dates from the fifteenth century, was in the St Nicholas monastery church in the Pskov region. There was once a silver plaque with an inscription from 1890 on the reverse of the icon. It told of how Tsar Ivan the Terrible came to the monastery of St Nicholas at Lubyatov during…