Orthodox Calendar, November 3 Martyrs Akepsimas the Bishop, Joseph the Presbyter and Aethalas the Deacon of Persia They were leaders of the Christian Church in the Persian city of Naesson. His flock devotedly loved their…
Orthodox Calendar, November 1 The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian and their mother Saint Theodota were natives of Asia Minor (some sources say…
Orthodox Calendar, October 31 Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus of the Seventy Saint Stachys, one of the Seventy Apostles, was made Bishop of Byzantium by Saint Andrew (November 30). He built a…
Orthodox Calendar October 30 Hieromartyr Zenobius and his sister Zenobia The Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegea, and his sister Zenobia suffered a martyr’s death in the year 285 in Cilicia. From childhood, they were raised…
Martyr Anastasia the Roman She lost her parents in infancy, and was then taken to be reared by the abbess of a women’s monastery, named Sophia. She raised Anastasia in fervent faith, in the fear…
Orthodox Calendar October 28 Saint Hyacinth, Metropolitan of Wallachia He was born at the end of the 13th century. He attended the high schools of the time, completing his theological education in Constantinople, where he…
Orthodox Calendar October 27 Saint Demetrius the New He was born early in the thirteenth century to a peasant family in the village of Basarabov, then part of Bulgaria. Even in childhood, he gave himself…
Orthodox Calendar October 26 Holy and Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica The Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessalonica. Three centuries had elapsed and Roman…
1. The Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius, Notaries of Constantinople served in a Constantinople cathedral. Marcian was a reader and Martyrius a subdeacon. They both performed in the capacity of notaries, i.e. secretaries, for Patriarch Paul…
Orthodox Calendar 24 October Great-martyr Arethas The Martyr Arethas and with him 4299 Martyrs suffered for the Lord Jesus Christ in the sixth century. Arethas was prefect of the Christian city of Negran in Arabia.…