Hagiology
Religion
Saint Maximus the Greek, the tireless preacher of Patristic Tradition
27 March 2017
During its long historical past the Great Holy Vatopedi Monastery has prove... 
Saint John of the Ladder
Archimandrite Georgios Alendas
26 March 2017
Great Lent is a period of repentance, during which our stony hearts must be...
Saint Philothei: 16th Century Martyr, 21st Century Role Model
Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Archon Ostiarios, political scientist, freelance columnist
19 February 2017
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ,” St. Paul wrote in his First Ep...
Who is the newly-proclaimed Saint Meletios?
Evagoras Makhaira
13 February 2017
On 27 November, 2013, the Ecumenical Patriarchate entered two new names int...
Saint Photius: The Miracle and the Primacy of Truth
Stylianos G. Papadopoulos
8 February 2017
The Miracle of Truth
Saint Photius was the chosen vessel of God in ...
A Remarkable Royal Family
W. J. Lillie
3 February 2017
February 3, Feast of Saint Werburga
While it may be true that history does...
Saints Sabbas, Archbishop of Serbia, and Symeon, his father
Georgios Martzelos
26 January 2017
St Sabbas, the first Archbishop of Serbia, and his father, St Symeon the ‘M...
Deacon Stephen, the Protomartyr
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
27 December 2016
Once, when a discussion was taking place between Jewish Sadducees, Pharisee...
Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher
24 December 2016
The holy New Martyr Ahmed was born in the seventeenth century to a Muslim f...
Elder Germanos Stavrovouniotis (1906-1982)
Archimandrite Athanasios of Stavrovouni
20 December 2016
Elder Germanos was born in the village of Avgorou in the Famagusta region o...
