Hagiology
Saint Paraskevi from Epivates, the Patron Saint of the Balkans
25 April 2013
Blessed Paraskevi. The fragrant blossom of the desert
“God is marvellous ...
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Gregory Palamas: Two Parallel Eras
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios
30 March 2013
The feast on the Second Sunday of Lent, of Saint Gregory Palamas who lived ...
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Saint Spiridon, the patron of Corfu
12 December 2012
The holiest shrine on the island of Kerkyra (Corfu) just off the western co...
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Saint Daniel the Stylite
11 December 2012
Stylites (the Greek word style means pillar)
In the early days of the Byza...
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Saint Philoumenos the new Hieromartyr of Jacob’s Well
2 December 2012
Τhe Holy Martyr of the 20th century, Philoumenos the Cypriot, came from the...
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Saint Luke the Surgeon, Archbishop of the Crimea (1877-1961) – Part IIΙ
Metropolitan Nectarios of Argolis
23 October 2012
In 1932, a tumor appeared and he went to Leningrad to be operated on by an ...
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St. Philothei of Athens 1522-1589
2 November 2011
St. Philothei lived in the Turkish-occupied, sixteenth-century Athens. Her ...
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