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Feast Day/Commemorated: April 1 The Journey of Saint Zosimas and the Penitent Mary of Egypt Saint Zosimas, a monk who had lived an exemplary ascetic life since childhood in a Palestinian monastery, became troubled by a thought of his own spiritual...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 17 Synopsis of the Life of Saint Marina the Great Martyr Saint Marina was born in Antioch, Pisidia, to a pagan priest but was raised by a nurse and was introduced to Christianity around age twelve. After learning the story...

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: 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: July 22 Saint Mary Magdalen's Early Life and Conversion Saint Mary Magdalen, whose name is etched into the Gospel accounts, hailed from the small Galilean city of Magdala. While her early life isn't detailed in the Gospels,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 7 Saint Kassiani stands as one of the earliest known composers whose musical works are both preserved and decipherable by contemporary scholars and musicians. With approximately fifty hymns still in existence,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 6 Saint Nicholas, born to pious parents Theophanes and Nonna in Patara, Lycia, was destined for a life of holiness from birth. His miraculous arrival, healing his mother and standing in his baptismal font, immediately...

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: December 6 Saint Nicholas, born to pious parents Theophanes and Nonna in Patara, Lycia, was destined for a life of holiness from birth. His miraculous arrival, healing his mother and standing in his baptismal font, immediately...

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...