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Feasts and Saints

St. Porphyrius the Bishop of Gaza; Martyr Photini, the Samaritan woman

Published by basilica.ro
26.02.2024

Orthodox Calendar February 26 Saint Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza He was born about the year 346 at Thessalonica. His parents were people of substance, and this allowed Saint Porphyrius to receive a fine education. Having…

Feasts and Saints

Venerable Basil the Confessor; Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria (Non-liturgical day. Cheese, milk, eggs, fish allowed)

Published by Sorin Ioniţe
28.02.2020

Venerable Basil the Confessor Saint Basil the Confessor was a monk and suffered during the reign of the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). When a persecution started against those who venerated holy icons, Saint…