Lives of the Saints

Repose of Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska

Repose of Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska

Father Jacob (Netsvetov) of Alaska was born of pious parents in 1802 on Atka Island, Alaska. His father, Yegor Vasil’evich Netsvetov was a Russian from Tobolsk. His mother, Maria Alekseevna, was an Aleut from Atka island. Yegor and Maria had four children who survived infancy; Jacob was the…

Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia

Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia

Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates of Nicomedia, were among the small number of those remaining alive after 20,000 Christians were burned alive in a church at Nicomedia in the year 303 (December 28), on the orders of the emperor Maximian (284-305). They lived in remote places and did…

Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable Moses of the Kiev Caves, a Hungarian by birth, was the brother of Venerable Ephraim of Novy Torg (+ January 28, 1053) and George. Together with them he entered the service of the holy Prince Boris (+ July 24, 1015). After the murder of Saint Boris in 1015 on the Alta River, with whom…

Martyr Paraskevi of Rome

Martyr Paraskevi of Rome

Holy Virgin Martyr Paraskevi (Paraskevḗ) of Rome was the only daughter of Christian parents, Agathon and Politia, and from her early years she dedicated herself to God. She spent much of her time in prayer and the study of the Holy Scriptures. After the death of her parents Saint Paraskevi…

Venerable Geróntios, the Founder of the Skḗtē of Saint Anna on Mount Athos

Saint Geróntios was the Igoumen of the old Bouleuterίon Monastery on Mount Athos. But since this Monastery was near the seashore and was subject to many barbarian raids, it was abandoned by the monks, who moved to other inaccessible places on Mount Athos. So Saint Geróntios and his disciple…

Icon of the Mother of God in Constantinople of “Emvolon”

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Holy Virgin Martyr Oraiozele, disciple of the Holy Apostle Andrew

Saint Oraiozele (Oraiozélē) lived in Byzantium during the first century. At first she was an idol-worshipper, but then she became a Christian when she heard the preaching of Saint Andrew, who baptized her. Oraiozele was an educated woman and was able to learn all the truths of the Gospel…