Greece

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 16 The Early Life and Calling of Saint Joseph the Hesychast  Francis Kottis, born in Paros on February 12, 1897, was the fourth of seven children to a poor but devout couple. Due to his family's extreme poverty,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: April 9 The Holy Newly-Appeared Martyrs of Lesbos, Saints Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene, were killed by the invading Turks on Bright Tuesday, April 9, 1463, just ten years after the Fall of Constantinople. For nearly five...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 4 Saint Nikephoros, born Nicholas Tzanakakis in a mountainous village of Crete in 1890, endured profound hardship from an early age. His life was marked by the tragic loss of his simple, pious parents, leaving him an...

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: 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...

This icon features Saint Joseph the Hesychast along with his spiritual children, Saint Ephraim of Katounakia and Blessed Geronda Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona.2 of these Saints have been glorified. Saint Joseph (Feast Day August 16) and Saint Ephraim...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 21 Born around 580 in Constantinople, Saint Maximus the Confessor was a highly educated and devout man who rose to prominence as first secretary to Emperor Heraclius. He was a master of philosophy and theology and was...

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 9 Saint Christopher lived during the 3rd century and was martyred around the year 250 under the reign of Emperor Decius. He was a man of immense stature and strength, originally named Reprebus. According to tradition, he was...

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 10 The Kollyvades Fathers The Kollyvades Fathers, a movement emerging on the Holy Mountain Athos in the 18th century, represented a vital resurgence of traditional Orthodox spirituality. This group, including figures like...

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: 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...