Hagiology
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Now Lord lettest thou thy servant depart in peace
2 February 2023
This text is an abridgment of a sermon preached in 1626 by John Donne, Dean... 
Saint Maria of Olonets: They Saw her Face Shining in Life and after Death
15 January 2023
The suffering hermit lay in bed for about three weeks. Each day, after the ...
Synaxis of the Honourable Forerunner
Archimandrite Ananias Koustenis
7 January 2023
On 7 January, the Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Honourable Forerunne...
Saint Iosif: I saw them from afar as if I were present in the Body
5 January 2023
(As told by Saint Iosif the Hesychast):
Once I was kneeling at the window,...
The Miraculous Appearance of the Archdeacon, Saint Stephen, in Karyes
Monk Lazaros Dionysiatis
27 December 2022
Our holy Abbot, Archimandrite Gavriil, had gone to Karyes for the Double As...
Saint Eugenia the Abbot
Archimandrite Ananias Koustenis
24 December 2022
Today we celebrate the memory of a great saint, the holy blessed virgin mar...
The Forefathers of Christ
Fr. Stephen Freeman
10 December 2022
Among the greatest blasphemies ever constructed by humankind was that of Na...
Saints Celebrated on December 5th
5 December 2022
Martyr Anastasius
A Saint of this name is commemorated on December 5, in t...
Saint Andrew, Christ’s First-Called Disciple
Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian
30 November 2022
Andrew the Apostle was one of Christ’s twelve disciples. He came from Beths...
Saint Catherine and the Smart Impious
James W. Lillie
25 November 2022
What are we to make of Saint Catherine? We know really very little about he...
