13/26 August
Hierarch Tychon (in the world, Timothy) was born in 1724 into the family of a most poor cleric of the village of Korotska (Valdai district) and soon...September
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22 August / 4 September
In the summer of 1918, Bishop Macary (Gnevushev) of Vyazem was shot in Smolensk, together with 13 others arrested with him. They were driven... -
23 August / 5 September
Bishop Ephrem (in the world, Epiphany Andreevitch Kuznetsov) was one of those zealous and devoted servants of the Russian Church who was... -
26 August / 8 September
Blessed Maria (Maria Zakharovna Fedina) was born into a family of peasants in the Tambov District. Since childhood, she loved to be alone... -
26 August/8 September
The spouses Adrian and Natalia lived in the city of Nicomedia in the Bythinian province of Asia Minor. Adrian was a pagan and a dignitary of... -
2/15 September
Holy Martyr Mamas, son of the eminent Christians Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina, was born in Paphlagonia. Because they openly confessed their Faith,... -
5/18 September
They descended from the stock of Aaron: Saint Zacharias, the son of Barachias, was a priest in the temple at Jerusalem, while Saint Elizabeth was the...
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6/19 September
In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hierapolis, in a place called Kherotopa, there was a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael. Near the church... -
7/20 September
St.Macarius of Kanev was born in 1605 in the ancient city of Ovrucha in Volynia, to the pious Tokarev family, famous Orthodox zealots. His parents... -
11/24 September
St. Euphrosynus, a monk in one of the monasteries of Palestine, carried out the obedience of working as a cook in the kitchen. While laboring for... -
13/26 September
Great-martyr Ketevan was of the royal house of Bagration, and was the great-granddaughter of King Constantine of Kartli (1469-1505). Having married... -
September 15/28
Saint Nicetas was a Goth warrior and lived on the eastern side of the Danube River within the boundaries of present-day Rumania. Bishop Theophilus,... -
16/29 September
Venerable St. Kuksha (in the world, Kosma Velitchko) was born on January 12, 1875 in the village of Arbuzinka Kherson region, Nikolaev Province....
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29 January /11 February (Synaxis of the New Martyrs),
9/22 June, 20 August/2 September (Saints of Moscow)
16/29 September (Translation of the Relics)
October
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19 September/2 October
On January 17, 1846, a son was born into Archpriest Alexei Petrovitch Soloviev’s large family. At his Baptism, the infant was named Fyodor, in... -
January 23/February 5, September 19/October 2 and 7/20 November (uncovering of relics)
The Russian Church of the 20th Century has witnessed a countless host of... -
22 September/ 5 October
St. Peter, the former publican, was the principal tax collector in Africa during the reign of Emperor Justinian (527 - 565). He was a cruel... -
25 September/8 October
Of all Russian saints, Saint Sergius is perhaps the most inaccessible and mysterious. His life was so simple, so transparent that one can only... -
September 25/October 8
These events took place at the dawning of Christianity in Byzantium. Let us now take ourselves back into recent history, to Russia in the... -
1/14 October
Venerable Romanus, named the Sweetsinger, was a Greek by birth and was born in the the middle of the fifth century in the Syrian town of Emesa. Having...