Today we remember the miracle of St Theodore and the boiled wheat. Fifty years after the death of St Theodore, the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363), wanting to commit an outrage upon the Christians during the first week of Great Lent, commanded the city-commander of Constantinople to sprinkle…
The Monk Martyr Nikon was born at Neapolis (Naples). His father was a pagan, and his mother a Christian. He was not baptized, but his mother secretly instructed him in the tenets of Christianity. Nikon was still a pagan when he reached adulthood. He served as a soldier, and showed unusual courage…
Quintilian, the governor of Sicily, was informed that St Nikon was living nearby with many monks. All 199 monks were seized and beheaded during a persecution against Christians in 251. St Nikon was killed later. The bishop of the city of Messina and his clergy buried the bodies of St Nikon and his…
Saint Nikon of the Kiev Caves was the first disciple and fellow-ascetic of St Anthony (July 10), the founder of the Kiev Caves monastery, to which he came as a priest. At the monastery he tonsured all the new monks, and among their number was St Theodosius of the Caves (May 3 and August 14). For…
St Philetus was a dignitary at the court of the emperor Hadrian (117-138), a persecutor of Christians. For openly confessing his faith in Christ the Savior, St Philetus was brought to trial with his wife St Lydia and their sons Macedonius and Theoprepius. By Hadrian’s order, St Philetus was…
Holy Martyrs Lydia, Philetus, Macedonius and Theoprepius, and those with them: St Philetus was a dignitary at the court of the emperor Hadrian (117-138), a persecutor of Christians. For openly confessing his faith in Christ the Savior, St Philetus was brought to trial with his wife St Lydia and…
Holy Martyrs Macedonius, Philetus, Lydia, and Theoprepius, and those with them: St Philetus was a dignitary at the court of the emperor Hadrian (117-138), a persecutor of Christians. For openly confessing his faith in Christ the Savior, St Philetus was brought to trial with his wife St Lydia and…
Holy MartyrsTheoprepius, Philetus, Lydia, Macedonius, and those with them: St Philetus was a dignitary at the court of the emperor Hadrian (117-138), a persecutor of Christians. For openly confessing his faith in Christ the Savior, St Philetus was brought to trial with his wife St Lydia and their…
Saint Cronides was a notary who believed in Christ. For this crime he was thrown into prison with the holy martyrs Philetus, Macedonius, Theoprepius and others. Amphilochius gave orders to suspend them from a tree and to torture them with knives. After this, they were locked up in prison with the…
Saint Amphilochius endured martyrdom in the second century with Sts Philetus, Lydia, Macedonius and Theoprepius, and those with them. St Philetus was arrested and brought to trial with his wife St Lydia and their sons Macedonius and Theoprepius for openly confessing his faith in Christ. By…
Righteous Basil of Mangazea: St Basil was born in the town of Yaroslavl around 1587. His father was a merchant, but the family was very poor. As a child, Basil spent much of his time in church, praying fervently and participating in the divine services. When he was twelve, the boy set out to earn…
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