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Feast Day/Commemorated: January 2 Saint Seraphim of Sarov was born in Kursk in 1759 and demonstrated a connection to the divine from his childhood. At the age of nine, he suffered from a severe sickness but was miraculously healed after the Mother of...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 3 The holy New Martyr Ephraim was born in Greece in 1384 and was raised by his pious mother after his father passed away. When he was just fourteen, he entered a monastery dedicated to the Annunciation and Saint Paraskevḗ...

Feast Day/Commemorated:  September 23rd – Conception of St. JohnJanuary 7th – Synaxis of St. John February 24th – 1st & 2nd Findings of the head of St. JohnMay 25th – 3rd Finding of the head of St. JohnJune 24th...

Feast Day/Commemorated:  September 23rd – Conception of St. JohnJanuary 7th – Synaxis of St. John February 24th – 1st & 2nd Findings of the head of St. JohnMay 25th – 3rd Finding of the head of St. JohnJune 24th...

Feast Day/Commemorated: June 15 Saint Jerome, born Eusebius Hieronymos Sophronius in Stridon, was a pivotal figure in Christian history. He received a thorough secular education in Rome, where he initially succumbed to worldly temptations before...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 28 In 715, Stephen the New was born into a pious Christian family in Constantinople. His parents, having only daughters, had prayed for a son and, in gratitude, dedicated him to God at the Church of the Theotokos. During...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 6 In the era of Emperor Theodosius the Great, Saint Domnica traveled from Carthage to Constantinople. There, she was baptized by Patriarch Nectarius and joined a women's monastery. Through her rigorous asceticism, she...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 18 Saint Modestos was born into a Christian family in Sebasteia, Cappadocia, in Asia Minor. Drawn to a life of asceticism, he became a monk on Mount Sinai and later rose to become the abbot of the Monastery of Saint...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 27 Saint Panteleimon, originally named Pantoleon, was born in Nicomedia to a pagan father and a Christian mother. Though his mother, Saint Euboula, tried to raise him in the Christian faith, her early death led him to a...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 24 Born into a wealthy family in the third century, the young Christina was the daughter of Urban, the governor of Tyre. At just 11 years old, her exceptional beauty attracted many suitors, but her father had other plans,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 10 Haralambos, an aged priest who was 107 years old, served the Christian community in the city of Magnesia during the reign of Emperor Septimus Severus. Known for his unwavering faith, he courageously preached...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 27 The Discovery of Saint Phanourios The story of Saint Phanourios begins with a surprising discovery in the late 15th or early 16th century. During the rebuilding of the city walls on the island of Rhodes, which had been...