Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, one of the 7 Deacons is not to be confused with St Philip one of the Twelve Apostles (November 14). This Philip was born in Palestine, was married and had children. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Twelve Apostles made Philip a deacon in the Church of…
Saint Theophanes, Confessor and Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicea was the younger brother of the St Theodore the Branded (December 27). The brothers received an excellent education and were particularly involved in philosophy. Striving towards the knowledge of God, they settled in the Lavra of St Sava.…
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Leo Nagolkin, the future St Leonid, was born in Karachev in the Orlov Province in 1768. As a young man he worked for a merchant, making long and frequent trips on his employer’s business. He met all sorts of people, and this experience helped him later in life when visitors of diverse…
Today the Church honors the memory of the holy Elders of Optina Monastery: St Leonid (October 11), St Macarius (September 7), St Moses (June 16), St Anthony (August 7), St Hilarion (September 18), St Ambrose (June 27 and October 10), St Anatole the Elder (January 25), St Isaac I (August 22), St…
The Martyrs Zenaida and Philonilla lived in Tarsus in Cilicia during the first century, and were related to the holy Apostle Paul. They were pious Christian women, and both of them shared a love of learning. By whatever means were available to them at that time, they acquired medical knowledge.…
The Martyrs Philonilla and Zenaida lived in Tarsus in Cilicia during the first century, and were related to the holy Apostle Paul. They were pious Christian women, and both of them shared a love of learning. By whatever means were available to them at that time, they acquired medical knowledge.…
Commemoration of the Miracle of the Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beret: At the fourth session of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (in 787), St Peter, Bishop of Nicomedia, in defending the necessity of icon veneration, presented an account of St Athanasius about a miracle which occurred in the…
Saint Ethelburga (Aethelburh) was born into the royal family of East Anglia in the seventh century. She was the sister of St Erconwald (May 13), who founded the monastery of Barking (Berecingum) in Essex. St Ethelburga became the first abbess of this monastery. St Bede (May 27) says (HISTORY OF THE…