Tag: Porphyrius

Feasts and Saints

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

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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

†) St. Nektarios (Kephalas), metropolitan of Pentapolis; Martyrs Claudius, Castor, Sempronian and Nicostrat; Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus; St. Matrona, abbess of Constantinople

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09.11.2023

Saint Nektarios The great wonderworker of modern times, was born Anastasius Kephalas in Selebria, Thrace on October 1, 1846. Since his family was poor, Anastasius went to Constantinople when he was fourteen in order to…