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Feast Day/Commemorated: June 29 Saint Paul's Background and Conversion Saint Paul, originally named Saul, was a prominent figure from the tribe of Benjamin, hailing from Tarsus in Cilicia. He identified himself as a Hebrew, an Israelite descended from...

Feast Day/Commemorated: March 17 Early Life, Captivity, and Divine Calling Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland, was born around 385 AD, the son of Calpurnius, a Roman tax collector, in Bannavem Taberniae, likely in Wales. At sixteen, he was...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 24 Early Life and Familial Challenges Saint Nicholas Planas was born in 1851 on the Greek island of Naxos to pious, well-to-do Orthodox Christian parents who even had a chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra on their...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 12 Prophetic Birth and Childhood Piety Venerable Father Paisios of the Holy Mountain was born Anastasius Enzepíde in Pharasa, Cappadocia, on July 25, 1924, to devout parents. His baptism by Saint Arsenios of...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 12 Prophetic Birth and Childhood Piety Venerable Father Paisios of the Holy Mountain was born Anastasius Enzepíde in Pharasa, Cappadocia, on July 25, 1924, to devout parents. His baptism by Saint Arsenios of...