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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: May 8 ***This Icon Depicts Saint John and Prochorus in the Cave of Patmos 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...

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: 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:  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: November 13 Early Life and Monastic Formation Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople and one of the revered Three Hierarchs, was born around 347 AD in Antioch to a military commander's family. His father, Secundus,...

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: December 4 Early Life and Defense Against Iconoclasm Saint John of Damascus was born around 680 AD in Damascus, Syria, into a prominent Christian family. His father, Sergius Mansur, served as a treasurer at the Caliph's court...

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:  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: July 25. From Imperial Court to Monastic Solitude Saint John Koukouzelis, orphaned in childhood and a native of Dirrachia (Bulgaria), possessed an extraordinarily beautiful singing voice that led him to the imperial court school...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 2 Saint John (Maximovitch), born Michael Maximovitch in 1896, was a revered diocesan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), whose ministry spanned across China, France, and the United States. Despite...