Tag: Saint Paphnutius

Feasts and Saints

Venerable Onuphrius the Great; Venerable Peter of Mt. Athos

Published by basilica.ro
12.06.2025

Orthodox Calendar, June 12 Venerable Onuphrius the Great Saint Paphnutius, who led an ascetical life in the Thebaid desert in Egypt, has left us an account of Saint Onuphrius the Great and the Lives of…

Feasts and Saints

Great and Holy Saturday; Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine; Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem

Published by basilica.ro
19.04.2025

Orthodox Calendar, April 19 Great and Holy Saturday On Great and Holy Saturday the Church contemplates the mystery of the Lord’s descent into Hades, the place of the dead. Death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated…