21 June / 4 July
Venerable St. Maximus the Greek (15th - 16th C.), the son of a wealthy Greek official in the town of Arta, Albania, had an outstanding education. As...July
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30 June / 13 July
During the time that Russia was under the yoke of the Golden Horde, Bishop Kirill of Rostov traveled to the Horde, to Khan Berkay, to speak on... -
3/16 July
He was born near Vologda. In his youth, he labored as a water-bearer in the salt- works The saint combined strict fasting and prayer with his hard labor.... -
4/17 July
Hierarch Andrew was born in the city of Damascus, into a family of pious Christians. Until the age of seven years, the boy was dumb. Then, once, after... -
4/17 July
St. Andrei was born ca. 1360. Descended from educated stock, he was distinguished by exceptional wisdom, demonstrated in his creative work. He studied the... -
6/19 July
Venerable Sisoes the Great (+429) was a monastic hermit who struggled in the Egyptian desert, in a cave blessed by the struggles of his predecessor, the... -
8/21 July
Saint Procopius was a German of the Roman Catholic confession, a foreign merchant who traded in Novgorod. Captivated by the beauty of the Orthodox Divine... -
15/28 July
Through God's grace, we have relics of the Holy Martyrs Cyricus and his mother Julitta in our church, and very recently we purchased an antique Russian...
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1/14 April
St. Mary, who is known as Mary of Egypt, lived in the middle of the fifth century and at the beginning of the sixth...
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19 July/1 August
The Saint was born in the city of Syrian Antioch at the end of the fourth century in a pious Christian family. From his young years, he... -
May 31/June 13
He was born into the family of a priest in the province of Novgorod. One of his brothers was married to a cousin of...
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24 July / 6 August
Mural fm the South Wall of out ChurchThe Holy Righteous Princes and Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism, Romanus and David) were the... -
25 July / 7 August
St. Olympias was born into a prominent family of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Her father was a senator, her mother, the... -
27 July / 9 August
The Great Martyr and Healer St. Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of Eustorgios, an illustrious pagan, and was given... -
29 July/11 August
The venerable one was the son of the Muscovite courtiers Yakov Lukitch Umakov, and his wife Catherine. He was born in Moscow in 1660. At his... -
2/15 August
Basil the Blessed was born in 1469 in Yelokhov, a village near Moscow. His parents, who were serfs, gave him over to be instructed in the craft of a... -
3/16 August
The saint was born in Rome in 1067 of wealthy parents, who adhered to the Orthodox confession of faith, and was brought up by them in piety. Having been... -
Holy Seven Youths (the "Seven Sleepers") of Ephesus: Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine) and Antoninus
4/17 August
These saints lived in the third century. Saint Maximilian was the son of the Ephesian city governor; the remaining six youths were the sons of other... -
7/20 August
The Venerable St. Pimen the Much-ailing (1100), achieved the Heavenly Kingdom by way of great illness. This Russian spiritual struggler was born and... -
Holy Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, the Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, and the Warriour Romanos of Rome
August 10/23
The holy martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, the Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, and the soldier Romanos, were Romans who suffered in the year...