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Feast Day/Commemorated: November 14 Early Life and Monastic Beginnings Born in 1296 in Constantinople, Saint Gregory Palamas was raised and educated under the personal care of Emperor Andronicus II Paleologos after his father's early death. Despite...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 14 Early Life and Monastic Beginnings Born in 1296 in Constantinople, Saint Gregory Palamas was raised and educated under the personal care of Emperor Andronicus II Paleologos after his father's early death. Despite...

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 21 The fourth century marked a pivotal period for Christianity, particularly in Greek-speaking lands, with events and figures directly linked to the First Ecumenical Council. This synopsis will explore the life of Emperor...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 17 In second-century Italy, a pious widow named Sophia raised her three daughters—Faith, Hope, and Love—to be Devout Christians. Named after the primary theological virtues, the girls were only twelve, ten,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: Mar 9 The Call to America and Early Monastic Life In 1793, a spiritual mission comprising monks from the Valaam Monastery was dispatched to preach the Gospel to the indigenous peoples of northwestern America, recently brought...

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: April 23/November 3 This beautiful and finely detailed icon is the work of our own Kyriakos Kosova. Kyriakos Kosova is a master iconographer who spent much of his life in Albania, Greece and Italy. He is now in the US to...

Feast Day/Commemorated: April 23/November 3 Early Life and Military Service of Saint George Saint George was born into a Christian family in the late 3rd century. His father, a Cappadocian army officer, and his mother, a native of Lydda, Palestine,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 27 Saint Gerasimus, originally from Lycia in Asia Minor, was a devout man from his youth who embraced monasticism, first in the Egyptian desert of Thebaid. Around 450 AD, he moved to Palestine and established a monastery...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 23 Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, was a pivotal figure in early Christianity, born in 329 into a devout family. His extensive education, including studies in Athens alongside Saint Basil the...

Feast Day/Commemorated: Mar 9 The Call to America and Early Monastic Life In 1793, a spiritual mission comprising monks from the Valaam Monastery was dispatched to preach the Gospel to the indigenous peoples of northwestern America, recently brought...

Feast Day/Commemorated: Mar 19/June 3 The Life and Imperial Veneration of Saint Helen Saint Helen, mother of Saint Constantine the Great, was likely born in Drepanum (Helenopolis) in Asia Minor, to humble parents. She married Constantius Chlorus, and...