Saints Eulampius and Eulampia were brother and sister. They lived at the beginning of the fourth century in the city of Nicomedia. Eulampius became upset after reading the decree of the emperor Maximiam (284-305) sentencing all Christians to execution. Eulampius was horrified that the emperor was…
Saints Eulampia and Eulampius were brother and sister. They lived at the beginning of the fourth century in the city of Nicomedia. Eulampius became upset after reading the decree of the emperor Maximiam (284-305) sentencing all Christians to execution. Eulampius was horrified that the emperor was…
These two hundred martyrs were converted to Christ after seeing the miracles of St Eulampius and St Eulampia as they were being tortured. They were also put to death and received the crown of martyrdom.
Saint Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir-Volhynia was the third bishop of one of the oldest of Russian dioceses, Vladimir-Volhynia, which was established in the time of St Vladimir. The first Vladimir-Volhynia bishop was Stephen, elected under St Vladimir himself; the next in succession was Igumen…
The Synaxis of the Saints of Volhynia commemorates all the saints of that region, including St Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia (October 10) St Job of Pochaev (August 28, October 28) St Juliana Olshanskaya (July 6) StMacarius of Kanev (May 13, September 7) StStephen, Bishop of Vladimir…
Saint Job, the Igumen of Pochaev Monastery, is also commemorated on August 28 (uncovering of relics) and October 28 (repose).
Saint Stephen was the Igumen of the Kiev Caves, and became Bishop of Vladimir, Volhynia. He is also commemorated on April 27.
Saint Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev is also commemorated on September 7 (martyrdom) and May 13 (translation of his relics).
Holy Prince Yaropolk Izyaslavich, in Holy Baptism Peter, was the grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, and great-grandson of St Vladimir. He shared the sad fate of his father, the Kievan Great Prince Izyaslav, expelled by his brothers from Kiev. Yaropolk journeyed on various missions for his father to…
Saint Theodore (the monk Theodosius) was Prince of Ostrog. He is also commemorated on August 11.
Saint Juliana Olshanskaya was the daughter of Prince George Olshansky, and lived in the sixteenth century. This holy God-pleasing virgin is also commemorated on July 6 (uncovering of relics).
Blessed Andrew of Totma, the Fool-for-Christ was born in the year 1638 in the village of Ust-Totma and chose to leave the world while still a child. With the blessing of Stephen, igumen of the Resurrection monastery in Galich, Andrew took upon himself the arduous calling of fool-for-Christ. He…
Saint Theotecnus of Antioch was a renowned military commander at Antioch under the emperor Maximian (305-311). One time the emperor arrived in Antioch, demanding that all the inhabitants offer sacrifice to the pagan gods. As a Christian, Theotecnus refused to fulfill the order. The emperor,…
Saint Bassian of Constantinople was born in eastern Syria and became an ascetic in Constantinople, where the pious emperor Marcian (450-457) ruled. The venerable Bassian was the igumen at a monastery where there were three hundred monks. Among them also was St Matrona (November 9), who dressed in…
Saint Theophilus the Confessor of Bulgaria came from the area surrounding Tiberiada. When he was thirteen, the saint secretly left his home to go off to the monastery on Mount Selenteia. There he matured spiritually under the guidance of the Elder, St Stephen. After three years St Theophilus was…
Saint Ambrose of Optina br> Alexander Michailovich Grenkov was born Nov. 23, 1812 in the Russian province of Tambov. His parents raised him strictly and with fervent piety. Since he was of a priestly family, it was no surprise when he entered the Tambov theological seminary in 1830. He did well in…
New Hieromartyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsy was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church at the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on February 23, 1997. St Peter was born in the Voronezh region, and studied at the Moscow Theological Academy, graduating in 1892, where he then…
The Zographou Icon “Of the Akathist” is not to be confused with the Hilandar Icon “Of the Akathist” (January 12).
26 Monkmartyrs of the Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos In the year 1274 at the Council of Lyons (in France), the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Paleologos decided to buttress his waning power by forming a union with Catholic Rome. This step evoked universal discontent. In 1278, the emperor issued…