Orthodox Calendar August 11 Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople He was a native of Greece, and accepted monasticism at Epidauros. After the death of his Elder Anthony, he went to Athos, where he occupied himself…
Orthodox Calendar August 10 Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence and Hieromartyr Sixtus The Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, and the soldier Romanus were citizens of Rome, and suffered in the year 258…
Orthodox Calendar August 9 The Holy Apostle Matthias of the Seventy He was born at Bethlehem of the Tribe of Judah. From his early childhood, he studied the Law of God under the guidance of…
Orthodox Calendar, August 8 Saint Emilian, Bishop of Cyzikus Saint Emilian, Bishop of Cyzikus, lived during the reign of the Iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian (813-820). He was summoned together with other bishops to the…
Orthodox Calendar, August 7 Venerable Theodora of Sihla This spiritual flower and bride of Christ that the blessed land of Moldavia gave birth to, was born about the middle of the 17th century, in Vânători-Neamţ…
Orthodox Calendar, August 6 Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ of Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its…
Orthodox Calendar, August 5 Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord The Lord had begun warning his disciples about the dangers they would face, and also about His Passion and death. He also told them…
Orthodox Calendar, August 4 The Seven Youths of Ephesus Maximilian, Iamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodianus (Constantine) and Antoninus lived in the third century. Saint Maximilian was the son of the Ephesus city administrator, and the…
Orthodox Calendar, August 3 Saint Heraclius the Confessor of Bessarabia Saint Heraclius the Confessor of Bessarabia was born in Pojorâta, Câmpulung Moldovenesc County, on May 11, 1893, receiving the name Ioan at baptism. His parents,…
Orthodox Calendar, August 2 The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr Stephen The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople took place about the year 428 After the…