Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
The Church continues to honor the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her “to dwell in His courts.”
Lives of the Saints
Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy
Saint Thaddeus, Apostle of the Seventy, was by descent a Hebrew, and he was born in the Syrian city of Edessa. The holy Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy must be distinguished from Saint Jude, also called Thaddeus or Levi (June 19), who was one of the Twelve Apostles. When he came to Jerusalem for a…
Martyr Bassa of Edessa, and her sons
The Martyr Bassa with her sons Theognis, Agapius and Pistus, lived in the city of Macedonian Edessa and she was married to a pagan priest. From childhood she had been raised in the Christian Faith, which she passed on to her sons. During the reign of the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311), the…
Martyr Theognis
Saints Theognis, Agapius and Pistus were the sons of Saint Bassa, and lived in the city of Macedonian Edessa. From childhood they had been raised in the Christian Faith, but their pagan father denounced his wife and chldren to the governor. In spite of threats, they refused to offer sacrifice to…
Martyr Agapius
Saints Agapius, Theognis, and Pistus were the sons of Saint Bassa, and lived in the city of Macedonian Edessa. From childhood they had been raised in the Christian Faith, but their pagan father denounced his wife and chldren to the governor. In spite of threats, they all refused to offer sacrifice…
Martyr Pistus
Saints Pistus, Agapius, and Theognis were the sons of Saint Bassa, and lived in the city of Macedonian Edessa. From childhood they had been raised in the Christian Faith, but their pagan father denounced his wife and chldren to the governor. In spite of threats, they all refused to offer sacrifice…
Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk
Saint Abramius of Smolensk, a preacher of repentance and the Dread Last Judgment, was born in the mid-twelfth century at Smolensk of rich parents, who had twelve daughters before him, and they begged God for a son. From childhood he grew up in the fear of God, he was often in church and had the…
Venerable Ephraim the Disciple of Abramius, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk
Saint Ephraim was the disciple of Saint Abramius of Smolensk. He compiled the Life of Saint Abramius, which provides many details about education in the remote northwestern part of Russia in those days.
Venerable Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves
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St. Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia
The chronicles listing the generations of chief shepherds of Georgia reveal that Saint Sarmean was leader of the Georgian Apostolic Church from the year 767 (or 760, according to some sources) until the year 774. These were years of Arab-Muslim rule in Georgia. The Arabs persecuted the Christians,…
New Martyr Simeon of Samokov
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Hieromartyr Raphael of Serbia
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St. Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets
Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, born at Pskov, was the founder of monastic life on Pali island in Lake Onega at the end of the fourteenth century. Despite the desolation of the island, brethren soon gathered near him. He built for them a church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy…
Hieromartyr Raphael of Sisatovac
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