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Feast Day/Commemorated: December 12 Early Life, Piety, and Miraculous Gifts Saint Spyridon of Trimythus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He lived a humble life as a shepherd, married, and had children. His deep...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 12 Early Life, Piety, and Miraculous Gifts Saint Spyridon of Trimythus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He lived a humble life as a shepherd, married, and had children. His deep...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 9 Early Life and Miraculous Beginnings Saint Nektarios, born Anastasius Kephalas in Selebria, Thrace on October 1, 1846, was destined to become a great wonderworker. From a humble background, he sought work in...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 22 In the 14th century, on the island of Chios, lived Saint Markella, daughter of the town's mayor. Raised in devout Christian faith by her parents, she endured the early loss of her mother, a tragedy that plunged her father...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 26 The Holy Virgin Martyr Paraskevi of Rome, the only daughter of devout Christian parents, dedicated her early life to God through prayer and scripture study. Following her parents' passing, she distributed her inheritance...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 24 Saint Xenia Grigorievna Petrova, an eighteenth-century Russian saint, embarked on an extraordinary path of "foolishness for Christ" after the sudden death of her husband, Major Andrew Petrov, when she was just...

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 8 The final earthly moments of Saint John the Theologian, as recounted by tradition, are shrouded in an aura of profound reverence and mystery. At over a hundred years old, he led seven of his disciples outside Ephesus to a...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 12 Early Life, Piety, and Miraculous Gifts Saint Spyridon of Trimythus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He lived a humble life as a shepherd, married, and had children. His deep...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 23 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, a pivotal figure in early Christianity, was born in Smyrna around 130 AD, where he received an excellent classical education. His deep understanding of Christian faith, however, came...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 12 Early Life, Piety, and Miraculous Gifts Saint Spyridon of Trimythus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He lived a humble life as a shepherd, married, and had children. His deep...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 12 Early Life, Piety, and Miraculous Gifts Saint Spyridon of Trimythus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He lived a humble life as a shepherd, married, and had children. His deep...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 11 Early Life and Secret Piety Holy Empress Theodora lived in the ninth century as the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (829-842). Despite her husband's embrace of Iconoclasm, she secretly...