Hagiology
Religion
Joachim and Ann: the most fortunate parents
Archimandrite Daniel G. Aerakis
9 September 2021
The most fortunate parents in the history of the world are those of the Mot... 
On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 1
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
7 September 2021
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
Today, the Vir...
Saint John the Damascan: the hymnographer of popular theology
Mihalis Athanasiou
1 September 2021
Saint John the Damascan lived between the 7th and 8th centuries and was one...
The Beheading of Saint John, the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord – 1
Saint Justin Popovich
29 August 2021
Saint Justin Popovich
Today is a little Great Friday, a second Great Frid...
”He was nourished by prayer and did not feel the pangs of hunger”: New Martyr Theocharis from Neapolis, Asia Minor
21 August 2021
In 1740, the Ottoman Empire was at war and Sultan Ahmet ordered that all th...
Samuel the Judge and Prophet (+ Αugust 20)
Theodore Rokas
20 August 2021
The Prophet Samuel, the last Judge of Israel, appeared on the stage of Bibl...
The Holy Dormition of our Most Pure Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Saint Gregory Palamas
15 August 2021
If ‘the death of the saints is precious and the memory of the righteous is ...
Translation of the Relics of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
2 August 2021
When the Jews slew St. Stephen by stoning, they left his body for the dog...
Blessed Irene οf Chryssovalantou Monastery – 28 July
28 July 2021
Blessed Irene was born in Cappadocia, into the bosom of a rich and noble ...
Saint Panteleimon, the Great Martyr
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes
27 July 2021
St. Panteleimon, the Great Doctor and Martyr, was born at the end of the 3r...
