Martyr

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: 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: 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...