daily saints

Apostle Simon the Zealot; Saint Callistratus of Timișeni and Vasiova; 5th Sunday after Pascha

Orthodox Calendar, May 10 Apostle Simon the Zealot Saint Simon, originally from Cana in Galilee, was acquainted with the Lord and His Mother. Tradition holds that he was the bridegroom at the wedding where Jesus performed His first miracle, turning water into wine. Witnessing this miracle, he became a fervent follower of Christ and earned…

May 10, 2026basilica.ro

Prophet Isaiah; Martyr Christopher of Lycia; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari

Orthodox Calendar, May 9 Prophet Isaiah The Holy Prophet Isaiah lived 700 years before the birth of Christ, and was of royal lineage. Isaiah’s father Amos raised his son in the fear of God and in the law of the Lord. Having attained the age of maturity, the Prophet Isaiah entered into marriage with a…

May 9, 2026basilica.ro

†) Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian; Venerable Arsenius the Great (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, May 8 Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian The Church commemorates Saint John on this day because of the annual pilgrimage to his grave. When Saint John was more than one hundred years old, he took seven of his disciples and went to a spot outside the city of Ephesus. There he told…

May 8, 2026basilica.ro

Apparition of the Sign of the Holy Cross Over Jerusalem; Martyrs Acacius and Quadratus

Orthodox Calendar, May 7 Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem (351) The Precious Cross appeared in the sky over Jerusalem on the morning of May 7, 351 during the reign of the emperor Constantius, the son of Saint Constantine (May 21).At that time the heresy of Arianism, which taught that Christ…

May 7, 2026basilica.ro

Midfeast of Pentecost; Righteous Job the Long-Suffering; Martyr Barbarus (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, May 6 Righteous Job The righteous Job, whose name means “persecuted”, God’s faithful servant, was the perfect image of every virtue. The son of Zarah and Bossorha (Job 42), Job was a fifth-generation descendent of Abraham. He was a truthful, righteous, patient and pious man who abstained from every evil thing. Job was…

May 6, 2026basilica.ro

St Matrona of Hurezi; Greatmartyr Irene of Thessalonica; Holy New Martyr Ephraim

Orthodox Calendar, May 5 St Matrona of Hurezi Monastery Venerable Matrona, whose name in the world was Maria, was born on August 2, 1852, in Săliștea Sibiului, to devout parents named Nicolae and Stana. Shortly after her birth, her father, travelling with his flocks as far as the regions of the Holy Mountain, by divine…

May 5, 2026basilica.ro

St Mavra of Ceahlău Mountain; Virginmartyr Pelagia; Venerable Monica

Orthodox Calendar, May 4 St. Mavra of the Ceahlău Mountain Schema-nun Mavra of Mount Ceahlău lived toward the end of the seventeenth century, being a native of a village in the Bistrița Valley, not far from Ceahlău, in Moldavia, in present-day Romania. Having received the blessing of her parents, she departed at the age of…

May 4, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Irodion of Lainici; Martyr Timothy and his wife Maura; 4th Sunday after Pascha

Orthodox Calendar, May 3 Venerable Irodion of Lainici Saint Irodion was born in 1821 in Bucharest and received the name John at baptism. His parents gave him good education and taught him Christian behaviour ever since he was a child. At that time, at Cernica Monastery, nearby Bucharest, under the guidance of Saint abbot George,…

May 3, 2026basilica.ro

Saint Athanasius III Patelarios, Patriarch of Constantinople; St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria; St. Matrona of Moscow

Orthodox Calendar, May 2 Hierarch Athanasius III Patelarios, Patriarch of Constantinople He was born in 1560 on the island of Crete, into the pious Greek family Patelarios, with the name of Alexis. Despite his education and position in society, Alexis was attracted by the life of Christian ascetics. After his father’s death, he became a…

May 2, 2026basilica.ro

Prophet Jeremiah; Martyrs Ignatius, Acacius and Euthymius, Right-believing Tamara, Blessed Isidora (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, May 1 Prophet Jeremiah One of the four great Old Testament prophets, he was son of the priest Helkiah from the city of Anathoth near Jerusalem, and he lived 600 years before the Birth of Christ, under the Israelite king Josiah and four of his successors. He was called to prophetic service at…

May 1, 2026basilica.ro

Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian

Orthodox Calendar April 30 Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian Holy Apostle James, the son of Zebedee, was the brother of Saint John the Theologian, and one of the Twelve Apostles. He and his brother, Saint John, were called to be Apostles by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who called them the “Sons…

Apr 30, 2026basilica.ro