Hagiology
Saint John the Russian
Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis †
27 May 2021
For people who have any understanding of God and his kingdom, nothing’s a m...
Saint Constantine the Great
Archimandrite Meletios Stathis
21 May 2021
The very name of Constantine is enough to move the heart of any Greek Chr...
The Memory of the Blessed Mary the Egyptian
Nektarios Thanos
18 April 2021
“… her many sins have been remitted, because she loved greatly” Luke 7, 47....
Saint Patrick of Ireland
18 March 2021
On March 17, we celebrate the memory of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of ...
Saint Neilos of Sinai
13 February 2021
Saint Neilos was born into a wealthy and illustrious family and was probabl...
The New Martyr Athanasios from Limnos
Elder Moisis the Athonite †
18 January 2021
He was born on the island of Limnos, and, as a young man, went to the Holy ...
Your Highness, we’ve been defeated: Basil the Great
Stylianos G. Papadopoulos
1 January 2021
Until then, Orthodoxy in Cappadocia seemed very much like an islet in the E...
The man who ended a cruel custom
1 January 2021
The festal nature of this time of year makes it difficult for us...
The Holy Martyr Ignatios the God-Bearer
Saint John Chrysostom
20 December 2020
Saint John Chrysostom
At one time, a terrible war broke out against the C...
Syrian Saints: Barbara of Heliopolis & John of Damascus
James W. Lillie
4 December 2020
The Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived and suffered during the reign of the em...