Lives of the Saints

Church New Year

Church New Year

The first day of the Church New Year is also called the beginning of the Indiction. The term Indiction comes from a Latin word meaning, “to impose.” It was originally applied to the imposition of taxes in Egypt. The first worldwide Indiction was in 312 when the Emperor Constantine (May…

Saint Simeon Stylites, the Elder

Saint Simeon Stylites, the Elder

Saint Simeon the Stylite was born in the Cappadocian village of Sisan of Christian parents, Sisotian and Martha. At thirteen years of age he began to tend his father’s flock of sheep. He devoted himself attentively and with love to this, his first obedience. Once, after he heard the…

Venerable Martha, mother of Saint Simeon Stylites

Venerable Martha, mother of Saint Simeon Stylites

Saint Martha lived in Cilicia of Asia Minor during the fourth and fifth centuries, and came from a poor family. She and her husband Sisotion were the parents of Saint Simeon the Stylite. At the age of eighteen, Simeon received the monastic tonsure without his parents’ knowledge. Many years…

Martyr Aithalas of Persia

Martyr Aithalas of Persia

The Holy Martyr Aithalas the Deacon, by order of the Persian emperor Sapor II, was put to death by stoning in the year 380 for confessing Christ.

Holy Forty Women Martyrs and Martyr Ammon the Deacon, their teacher, at Heraclea in Thrace

Holy Forty Women Martyrs and Martyr Ammon the Deacon, their teacher, at Heraclea in Thrace

The 40 Holy Virgins and Saint Ammoun the Deacon, were from Adrianopolis in Macedonia. Deacon Ammoun was their guide in Christian Faith. They were captured by Baudos the governor, and were tortured because they would not offer sacrifice to idols. The holy martyrs endured many cruel torments, which…

Martyrs Callista and her brothers, Evodius and Hermogenes, at Nicomedia

Martyrs Callista and her brothers, Evodius and Hermogenes, at Nicomedia

The Holy Martyrs Callista and her brothers Evodus and Hermogenes, with other Christians of Nicomedia, were brought to trial before the pagan governor for confessing their faith in Christ. Refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were cut down by the sword.

Righteous Joshua, son of Nun (Navi)

Righteous Joshua, son of Nun (Navi)

Saint Joshua (Jesus), the son of Navi, was leader of the Israelites after the death of the Prophet Moses. He was born in Egypt around 1654 B.C. and succeeded Moses when he was eighty-five. He ruled the Israelites for twenty-five years. Joshua conquered the Promised Land, and led the Hebrew nation…

Finding of the Icon of the Mother of God at the Miasena Monastery

The Miasena Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos was thrown into Lake Zagura in the ninth century in an effort to save it from the iconoclasts. After a long time, the wonderworking icon emerged from the water unharmed and was brought to the Miasena Monastery.

“Chernigov-Gethsemane” Icon of the Mother of God

“Chernigov-Gethsemane” Icon of the Mother of God

The Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God is a copy of the famed Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God (April 16), which was to be found at the Trinity-Ilyin monastery near Chernigov on Mount Boldina, and where in the eleventh century Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves struggled in…

Saint Meletius the New

Saint Meletius the New

Saint Meletius the New was born in Cappadocia in 1035. Many people regarded him as an imbecile, but God “hath made foolish the wisdom of this world” (I Cor. 1:20), and it has also pleased Him “by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (I Cor. 1:21). So the…

“All Blessed” Icon of the Mother of God

(New Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior) The original “All Blessed” (Pammakaristos) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is in Constantinople in the patriarchal cathedral. It is a mosaic icon dating from the middle of the eleventh century. In 1905, Patriarch Joachim III presented…

Venerable Evanthia

Venerable Evanthia

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