Positions/Titles

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 12 Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals of the Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs, originated from a distinguished and devout family in Thessalonica. Methodius, the eldest of seven brothers, initially pursued a military...

Feast Day/Commemorated: October 26 Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher, born to secret Christian parents in Thessaloniki, was raised in the Christian Faith amidst the intensifying Roman persecutions of the fourth century. Upon his father's death, Emperor...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 11 Saint Daniel was born in Maratha, a village in Upper Mesopotamia, near Samosata. He embraced the monastic life at the tender age of 12, residing in a monastery until he was thirty-eight. During a journey to Antioch...

Feast Day/Commemorated: May 21 The fourth century marked a pivotal period for Christianity, particularly in Greek-speaking lands, with events and figures directly linked to the First Ecumenical Council. This synopsis will explore the life of Emperor...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 24 Saint Catherine, residing in the heart of Hellenistic knowledge and blessed with extraordinary beauty and intellect, received a most splendid education. Though many noble youths sought her hand, she declared her...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 19 The holy Patriarchs Alexander, John, and Paul of Constantinople, though living in different eras, each valiantly defended the Church against heretical teachings. Saint Alexander (325-340), serving as vicar to the first...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 19 The holy Patriarchs Alexander, John, and Paul of Constantinople, though living in different eras, each valiantly defended the Church against heretical teachings. Saint Alexander (325-340), serving as vicar to the first...

Feast Day/Commemorated: October 13 By the divine providence of God, during the reign of the Persian monarch Isdegerdes, son of Sapor III, the fierce persecutions against the faithful, which had been initiated by Sapor II, were brought to an end, and the...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 17 The Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305-311) in Heliopolis, Syria. Her wealthy pagan father, Dioscorus, sought to seclude his extraordinarily beautiful daughter in a tower after his...

Feast Day/Commemorated: January 17 Saint Anthony the Great, born in Egypt in 251, is revered as the Father of monasticism. At twenty, orphaned and responsible for his sister, he heard the Gospel call to sell possessions and give to the poor, which he...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 15 Saint Anthimos (born Argyrios K. Bagianos) was born in Chios in 1869 to devout parents who instilled in him a Christian upbringing. Even as a child, he was recognized for his spiritual potential, with Saint Nektarios...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 10 / October 28 Saint Arsenios of Cappadocia, was born Theodorus Annitsalichos in a Cappadocian Christian village, became an orphan at a young age and was raised by his aunt. Educated in Niğde and Smyrna, he...