Monastic

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: October 27 Early Life and Miracles   Saint Withburga, the youngest daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, was born into a holy lineage. After her father's martyrdom, Withburga was raised by her nurse in Holkham, Norfolk. Early...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 27 Saint Gerasimus, originally from Lycia in Asia Minor, was a devout man from his youth who embraced monasticism, first in the Egyptian desert of Thebaid. Around 450 AD, he moved to Palestine and established a monastery...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 11 Our Holy Father Euphrosynos the Cook was a devout and faithful man from a peasant background, lacking formal education. As an adult, he worked as a cook, demonstrating remarkable self-control and generosity. Despite...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 19 Early Monastic Calling and Journeys to the Holy Land Saint Savvas, born Vasilios in 1862 in Herakleitsa, Eastern Thrace, was the only child of devout but impoverished parents. From a very young age, he felt a strong...

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 19 Early Monastic Calling and Journeys to the Holy Land Saint Savvas, born Vasilios in 1862 in Herakleitsa, Eastern Thrace, was the only child of devout but impoverished parents. From a very young age, he felt a strong...

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...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 14 The Call to Mission and Early Life of Saint Kosmas Aitolos Saint Kosmas Aitolos, the holy, glorious, and right-victorious New Hieromartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles, was born in 1714 in Mega Dendron, Aitolia, Greece...

Feast Day/Commemorated: December 4 Early Life and Defense Against Iconoclasm Saint John of Damascus was born around 680 AD in Damascus, Syria, into a prominent Christian family. His father, Sergius Mansur, served as a treasurer at the Caliph's court...

Feast Day/Commemorated:  September 23rd – Conception of St. JohnJanuary 7th – Synaxis of St. John February 24th – 1st & 2nd Findings of the head of St. JohnMay 25th – 3rd Finding of the head of St. JohnJune 24th...

Feast Day/Commemorated: July 25. From Imperial Court to Monastic Solitude Saint John Koukouzelis, orphaned in childhood and a native of Dirrachia (Bulgaria), possessed an extraordinarily beautiful singing voice that led him to the imperial court school...