St. Cyril the Archbishop of Jerusalem;
Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, was born in Jerusalem in the year 315 and was raised in strict Christian piety. Upon reaching the age of maturity, he became a monk, and in the year 346…
Feasts and Saints
Venerable Alexis the Man of God. Sunday of Orthodoxy
Saint Alexis was born at Rome into the family of the pious and poverty-loving Euphemianus and Aglais. The couple was childless for a long time and constantly prayed the Lord to grant them a child.…
Martyr Sabinus of Egypt; St. Christodoulos of Patmos (1st Saturday of Great Lent: The Miracle of the Boiled Wheat)
The Holy Martyr Sabinus was administrator of the Egyptian city of Hermopolis. During a persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), Saint Sabinus and some like-minded companions hid in a remote village. His hiding…
Martyrs Agapius, Publius, and Timolaus at Caesarea, in Palestine
The Holy Martyrs Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, Alexander, Alexander, Dionysius and Dionysius suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305) in the city of Palestinian Caesarea. During one of the pagan festivals they began to torture and…
Venerable Benedict of Nursia; Hieromartyr Alexander the priest
Saint Benedict, founder of Western monasticism, was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. When he was fourteen years of age, the saint’s parents sent him to Rome to study. Unsettled…
Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus the Patriarch of Constantinople;
Saint Nicephorus was a dignitary at the court of the empress Irene (797-802), and then after receiving monastic tonsure, he became known for his piety. In the year 806 he was elevated to the patriarchal…
Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; Saint Gregory Dialogus; Venerable Simeon the New Theologian
1. Saint Theophanes the Confessor was born in 759 at Constantinople into a pious and renowned family. His father was a relative of the Byzantine emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). Three years after Theophanes was born,…
St. Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem; Beginning of Great Lent
St. Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem – Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was born in Damascus around 560. From his youth he was distinguished for his piety and his love for classical studies. He was especially…
Martyrs Quadratus, Cyprian and Dionysius. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise
The Holy Martyr Quadratus (Codratus) and those with him: During a persecution against Christians (in the third century) a certain pious woman named Rufina fled from Corinth to a mountain, to escape from her pursuers.…
† 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
In the year 313 Saint Constantine the Great issued an edict granting Christians religious freedom, and officially recognizing Christianity as equal with paganism under the law. But his co-ruler Licinius was a pagan, and he…