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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...

Feast Day/Commemorated: April 22Saint Luke, a native of Syrian Antioch, was a highly educated physician skilled in Greek medicine. Upon hearing about Christ, he traveled to Palestine and eagerly embraced the Lord's teachings, becoming one of the Seventy...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 16 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, also known as Levi, was one of the Twelve Apostles and the brother of James Alphaeus. Before his calling, he served as a publican, or tax-collector for the Roman Empire, in...

Feast Day/Commemorated: April 25 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, also known as John Mark, was a pivotal figure in early Christianity, a nephew of Saint Barnabas and one of the Seventy Apostles. Born in Jerusalem, his mother Mary's house was near...

Feast Day/Commemorated: April 22Saint Luke, a native of Syrian Antioch, was a highly educated physician skilled in Greek medicine. Upon hearing about Christ, he traveled to Palestine and eagerly embraced the Lord's teachings, becoming one of the Seventy...