Sts Auxentius, Maron and Abraham
Orthodox Calendar February 14 Saint Auxentius By origin a Syrian, he served at the court of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (418-450). He was known as a virtuous, learned and wise man, and he was,…
Orthodox Calendar February 14 Saint Auxentius By origin a Syrian, he served at the court of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (418-450). He was known as a virtuous, learned and wise man, and he was,…
Orthodox Calendar – February 6 Saint Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna He was a disciple of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and became the first Bishop of Smyrna (Asia Minor). By the grace…
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…
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 of the three hierarchs…
Orthodox Calendar January 25 Saint Joseph the Merciful, Metropolitan of Moldavia Metropolitan Iosif Naniescu, canonized under the name of the Holy Hierarch Joseph the Merciful, Metropolitan of Moldavia, was born in 1820 into the family of…
Orthodox Calendar January 20 Saint Euthymius the Great He came from the city of Melitene in Armenia, near the River Euphrates. His parents, Paul and Dionysia, were pious Christians of noble birth. After many years…
Orthodox Calendar January 19 Saint Macarius the Great of Egypt He was born in the early fourth century in the village of Ptinapor in Egypt. At the wish of his parents he entered into marriage,…
Orthodox Calendar January 17 Saint Anthony the Great He is known as the Father of monasticism, and the long ascetical sermon in The Life of Saint Anthony by Saint Athanasius (Sections 16-34), could be called…
Orthodox Calendar January 16 Veneration of the Honorable Chains of the Holy and All-Praised Apostle Peter In about the year 42, on the orders of Herod Agrippa, the Apostle Peter was thrown into prison for…
Orthodox Calendar January 15 Saint Paul of Thebes Saint Paul of Thebes was born in Egypt around 227 in the Thebaid of Egypt. Left orphaned, he suffered many things from a greedy relative over his…