20 March / 2 April
The Holy Martyr St. Photina was the very same Samaritan woman with whom the Lord spoke at Jacob’s Well (see John 4:5-42). During the reign of...April
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Holy Martyr St. Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan woman, her sons Victor, called Photinus, and Josiah; and the sisters of the Holy Martyr: Anatolia , Phota, Photida, Paraskeva, Kiriake, Domnina; and the martyr Sebastian
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21 March / 3 April
It is not given to parents to know of what life holds for their new-born child. When, on April 13, 1866 their son Vasily was born, the Muravievs... -
23 March/ 1 April
Many people probably know that Vladimir Makarovitch Pawlenko, who has been one of our parishioners for many years and who is our former parish... -
26 March/8 April
At a young age, Venerable St. Basil left the world and began his struggle in a desert place. It happened that seeing him in a forest, courtiers of... -
26 March/8 April
Archangel Gabriel was chosen by the Lord to announce to the Virgin Mary, and through her to all mankind, the great joy of the Incarnation of the Son... -
27 March / 9 April
St. John the Clairvoyant of Egypt was born at the beginning of the 4th Century. He lived in the town of Lycopolis in Central Egypt, and worked as... -
30 March / 12 April
Stephen Kristalevsky was born in 1704 in the Chernigov Regiment, Little Russia [Ukraine], and baptized in honor of the Protomartyr Archdeacon... -
April 1/14
St. Euthymius was born into a family of pious and prosperous residents of Suzdal, in the parish of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women. This church, in which he... -
April 1/14
On July 5, 1845 in Samara, a son was born to the merchant Ivan Plikhanov; he named the boy Pavel. Ivan’s wife died immediately after giving birth, and he... -
4/17 April
Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer was born into a pious Christian family in Sicily. His parents Plotinus and Agatha moved to the Peloponesses to save... -
6/19 April
The Holy Martyr Paul was a Russian killed by the Turks in 1683. In his early years, he was taken by the Tatars into bondage in Crimea, and later was sold... -
12/25 April
Saint Athanasia was the abbess of a convent on the island of Ægina. She was born of the spouses, Nikita and Marina, in a pious Christian family. Already...
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19 April/2 May
St. Simeon the Barefoot was the son of a priest, and from the age of 15, he was under the spiritual care of Bishop Pachomius of Demetriada, Laryssa... -
19 April/2 May
The New Monk-martyr Agathangelus, in secular life Athanasius, was from the city of Ena, in Thrace. He was brought up in a strictly Orthodox family.... -
5/18 March and 20 April/3 May
At its meeting on May 19, the Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church unanimously decided to officially canonize Bishop... -
22 April / 5 May
Преподобный Виталий АлександрийскийSt. Vitaly was born in the latter part of the 6th century. As a youth, he entered the Monastery of Venerable St.... -
22 April/5 May
St. Theodore the Sykeote was born in the mid-6th century to a pious family in the village of Sykeon, not far from the city of Anastasiopolis, in Asia... -
23 April/6 May and 3/16 November
The Greatmartyr George was the son of wealthy and pious parents, who raised him in the Christian faith. He was born in the city of... -
25 April / 8 May
St. Sylvester of Obnora lived in the 14th Century, and was a contemporary of Holy Hierarch Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow. He was a disciple of St... -
27 April/10 May
St. Simeon was the son of Cleopas, younger brother of St. Joseph the Betrothed. At an advanced age, he witnessed the miracles wrought by Our Lord...