Saint Joseph the Hymnographer, “the sweet-voiced nightingale of the Church,” was born in Sicily in 816 into a pious Christian family. His parents, Plotinos and Agatha, moved to the Peloponnesos to save themselves from barbarian invasions. When he was fifteen, St Joseph went to…
Saint George lived during the ninth century. His parents arranged a marriage for him, but he refused to marry the woman they had chosen. He entered the monastery on Mount Malea in the Peloponessos, and many disciples gathered around him. He was able to see the future, and predicted his own death…
Saint Joseph the Much-Ailing lived during the fourteenth century. In his grievous illness he turned to God with prayer and vowed that if the Lord granted him health, he would then serve the brethren of the Kiev Caves monastery until the end of his days. After his return to health, he entered the…
Saint Zosimas of Vorbozomsk was the founder of a monastery dedicated to the Annuniciation of the Most Holy Theotokos on an island in Lake Vorbozoma, twenty-three versts south of White Lake. The monastery was founded in the fifteenth century. In 1501, the head of the monastery was Igumen Jonah, a…
Saint Zosimas was born near the end of the fifth century, and lived in a monastery by the Jordan River. He met St Mary of Egypt (April 1), gave her Holy Communion, then buried her. St Zosimas lived to be one hundred years old, then fell asleep in the Lord around 560.
The Holy Martyr Pherbutha (Phermoutha) and her sister and servants were martyred for Christ between the years 341 and 343. St Pherbutha and her sister were sisters of Bishop Simeon of Seleucia, who suffered for Christ under the Persian emperor Sapor between the years 341-344. Both sisters and…
The Holy Martyr Pherbutha and her sister and servants were martyred for Christ between the years 341 and 343. Both sisters and their servants had been brought to the court by the empress to attend her. One day the empress fell ill. The sorcerers who were brought in to treat the empress saw St…
The Holy Martyr Pherbutha and her sister and servants were martyred for Christ between the years 341 and 343. Both sisters and their servants had been brought to the court by the empress to attend her. One day the empress fell ill. The sorcerers who were brought in to treat the empress saw St…
The holy New Martyr Nicetas was a Slav from Albania, but we know nothing of his family or his early life. He lived on Mt. Athos in the Russian monastery of St Panteleimon, then lived in the Skete of St Anne. Burning with a desire for martyrdom, he decided to travel to Serres. He arrived on March…
Saint Isidore was born in the middle of the sixth century, and was related to the Visigoth royal family who converted to Orthodoxy from Arianism during his lifetime. St Isidore was the brother of three saints: St Leander (February 27), St Fulgentius, and St Florentina. Orphaned at an early age, he…
Saint Theonas was a disciple of St James of Kastoria (November 1), and lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He lived for some time in the Pantokrator and Simonopetra Monasteries on Mt. Athos. He founded the Monastery of St Anastasia, and was consecrated as Archbishop of Thessalonica. He…
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