Orthodox Calendar, February 2 The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple Today the Church commemorates an important event in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 2:22-40). Forty…
Orthodox Calendar, February 1 Forefeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple The Typikon should be consulted if the Forefeast falls on the Sunday of the Pharisee, the Publican, or Meatfare. Because of…
Orthodox Calendar, January 31 Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John Saint Cyrus was a noted physician in the city of Alexandria, where he had been born and raised. He was a Christian and he…
Orthodox Calendar, January 30 Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom: During the eleventh century, disputes raged in Constantinople about which…
Orthodox Calendar January 29 The Transfer of the Relics of the Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer The Transfer of the Relics of the Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer: (See December 20). After the holy hieromartyr Ignatius was…
Orthodox Calendar January 28 Sts. Ephraim the Syrian 1. Saint Ephraim the Syrian, a teacher of repentance, was born at the beginning of the fourth century in the city of Nisibis (Mesopotamia) into the family…
Orthodox Calendar January 27 † Translation of the relics of St John Chrysostom the Archbishop of Constantinople Saint John Chrysostom, this great ecumenical teacher and hierarch, died in the city of Comana in the year…
Orthodox Calendar January 25 32nd Sunday after Pentecost (of Zacchaeus) Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he…
Orthodox Calendar January 25 Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople He was a great Father and teacher of the Church, was born into a Christian family of eminent lineage in the year 329, at…
Orthodox Calendar January 24 Saint Xenia of Rome In the world Eusebia, was the only daughter of an eminent Roman senator. From her youth she loved God, and wished to avoid the marriage arranged for…