Joseph the New of Partos

Archbishop Casian praises firefighters as ‘an army of good’ on patron saint’s feast

Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube blessed firefighters in Galați on Tuesday on the feast of St. Joseph the New of Partoș, their spiritual protector. “We rejoice in this wonderful army of good,” His Eminence said. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and other personnel from the General Eremia Grigorescu Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in Galați attended the service,…

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†) Saint Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Banat; † Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth; † Saint Bessarion, Archbishop of Larisa

Orthodox Calendar, September 15 Saint Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Banat Saint Joseph the New was born in 1568 at Raguza in Dalmatia, and was given the name Jacob at his Baptism. When he was very young, his father died, and he was raised by his mother. At the age of twelve, he…

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