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Feast Day/Commemorated: February 11 Early Life and Secret Piety Holy Empress Theodora lived in the ninth century as the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (829-842). Despite her husband's embrace of Iconoclasm, she secretly...

Feast Day/Commemorated: Mar 19/June 3 The Life and Imperial Veneration of Saint Helen Saint Helen, mother of Saint Constantine the Great, was likely born in Drepanum (Helenopolis) in Asia Minor, to humble parents. She married Constantius Chlorus, and...

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...