Martyr

Feast Day/Commemorated: October 7 High-ranking officers under Emperor Maximian, Sergius and Bacchus lived as secret Christians until they were denounced by those jealous of their status. Tasked with choosing between their military prestige and their...

Feast Day/Commemorated: October 7 High-ranking officers under Emperor Maximian, Sergius and Bacchus lived as secret Christians until they were denounced by those jealous of their status. Tasked with choosing between their military prestige and their...

Feast Day/Commemorated: March 1 Saint Evdoxia was a wealthy Samaritan woman living a life of pagan indulgence in Heliopolis (modern-day Baalbek, Lebanon) during the reign of Emperor Trajan. Her spiritual awakening occurred one midnight when she...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 1 Saint Athena was one of the forty ascetic virgin-martyrs of Adrianople, Thrace, who studied under the guidance of Deacon Ammoun. During the persecutions of Emperor Licinius in 305 AD, a decree was issued to execute...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 24 Born into a wealthy family in Iconium, Saint Thekla was a young woman of extraordinary beauty betrothed to an eminent nobleman. Her life took a radical turn when she heard the Apostle Paul preaching the Gospel,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: August 28 In 4th-century Egypt, a powerful Ethiopian man known as Moses lived a life of violent crime as the leader of a notorious band of robbers. His physical strength and ruthless reputation made him a figure of terror until,...

Feast Day/Commemorated: November 30 Born in San Francisco in 1863 to Serbian immigrants, St. Sebastian (Dabovich) became the first American-born Orthodox priest. After pursuing rigorous theological studies at the academies of Kiev and St. Petersburg, he...

Feast Day/Commemorated: September 24 Born into the esteemed Nemanjić dynasty, Saint Stefan (the First-Crowned) was the middle son of Grand Zhupan Stefan Nemanja and Princess Anna. In 1196, his father abdicated the throne, passing the scepter of rule to...

Feast Day/Commemorated: June 28 Born into the noble court of the Saint Stefan Dušan, Saint Lazarus rose from a respected warrior and advisor to become the "pious and autocratic lord" during a period of intense fragmentation for the Serbian Empire...

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: July 17 Synopsis of the Life of Saint Marina the Great Martyr Saint Marina was born in Antioch, Pisidia, to a pagan priest but was raised by a nurse and was introduced to Christianity around age twelve. After learning the story...

The Christ Pantocrator icon is a central and ancient image in Christian art, portraying Jesus as the sovereign ruler of the world. This representation typically features Jesus from the waist up, with a solemn, forward-gazing expression,...