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Feast Day/Commemorated: February 7 Saint Parthenios originated from Melitopolis, Asia Minor, where his father served as a deacon. Though he lacked a formal education in reading, the young Parthenios possessed a profound knowledge of the Holy Scriptures...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 26 The Holy Virgin Martyr Paraskevi of Rome was a Christian from birth, the only daughter of pious parents, who consecrated herself to God from her earliest years. Devoting herself to prayer and the study of the Holy...

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: 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...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 2 The Life of Saint Paisius Olaru of Sihăstria and Shila Monastery (Romania)Saint Paisius (1897-1990), born Peter Olaru, was a revered Romanian schemamonk and confessor whose profound spiritual influence extended to the...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 27 Saint Panteleimon, originally named Pantoleon, was born in Nicomedia to a pagan father and a Christian mother. Though his mother, Saint Euboula, tried to raise him in the Christian faith, her early death led him to a...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 26 The Holy Virgin Martyr Paraskevi of Rome, the only daughter of devout Christian parents, dedicated her early life to God through prayer and scripture study. Following her parents' passing, she distributed her inheritance...

Feast Day/Commemorated: June 29 A Homily of Saint Gregory Palamas for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul1. The commemoration of each of the saints on the appointed feast day is an occasion for town and country, citizens and their rulers to share in...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 6 Early Life and Ascent to the Patriarchate Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, born in the ninth century, emerged from a family profoundly dedicated to Christianity; his father, Sergius, died a martyr in defense...

Feast Day/Commemorated: March 20 The Samaritan Woman's Unwavering Faith and Family The Holy Martyr Photini, famously known as the Samaritan Woman from her encounter with Christ at Jacob’s Well (John 4:5-42), fearlessly preached the Gospel in...

Feast Day/Commemorated: October 11 Early Life and Ordination as Deacon Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, one of the seven deacons, is distinct from Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles. Born in Palestine, this Philip was married and had children...

Feast Day/Commemorated: June 29 From Fisherman to Rock of Faith Brought to Jesus by his brother Andrew, Peter, a fisherman, immediately recognized the Master and committed his life to "casting his nets" for Christ. His personal and total devotion to the...