Hagiology | PEMPTOUSIA

A saint who passed through fire and iron The Holy Blessed Martyr Paraskevi (26 July) 26 July 2016 This saint lived in the time of Emperor Antoninus, in the year 140, and cam...

Holy Martyr Aimilianos (18 July): free man and servant 18 July 2016 When Julian the Apostate came to power as emperor (361), he scorned both ...

The New Blessed Martyr Nektarios (Skete of Saint Ann) from Vryoulla in Asia Minor Elder Moisis the Athonite † 11 July 2016 He was born in Vryoulla or Vourla in Asia Minor. As a seventeen-year-old, h...

The Church without Saints isn’t the Church – 1 Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne 27 June 2016 Archimandrite Hrysostomos Papadakis I would like to express my warmest th...

Saint Luke the Surgeon: What distinguishes the way of Christ from other ways of living Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 17 June 2016 Saint Luke associated sorrows with the personal Cross which we have to sh...

Saint Luke the Surgeon: Dealing with the betrayal of friends as Christians Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 15 June 2016 Saint Luke bore bravely not only the death of his wife, his illnesses and...

The Recently-Revealed New Martyr, Saint Efraim Hieromonk Makarios Simonopetrites 14 May 2016 We knew nothing about this New Martyr Saint until January 3 1950, when he r...

Saint Joasaph of Meteora Georgios Martzelos 20 April 2016 St Joasaph was the son of the pious ruler of Epirus and Thessaly Symeon Sin...

St Theodore Tyron’s miracle 19 March 2016 Saint Theodore the Tyron was from the area of city of Amasia in Pontus. He ...

Abba Cassian, the Great Ascetic of the West Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian 29 February 2016 Saint John Cassian the Roman By and large, Saint Cassian has bee...