Hagiology
Religion
The Reception of the Lord in the Temple (Candlemas)
Metropolitan Nikodemos (Vallindras) of Patras †
1 February 2021
With great emotion, Symeon the righteous holds the divine infant in his arm... 
Feast of the Three Hierarchs: the obligations of parents and educators
Sophia Kafkopoulou
30 January 2021
Today, 30 January, we celebrate the three hierarchs. There are lots of hier...
The New Martyr Athanasios from Limnos
Elder Moses the Athonite †
18 January 2021
He was born on the island of Limnos, and, as a young man, went to the Holy ...
Synaxis of the Honourable Forerunner
Archimandrite Ananias Koustenis
7 January 2021
On 7 January, the Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Honourable Forerunne...
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...
Saint Eugenia the Abbot
Archimandrite Ananias Koustenis
24 December 2020
Today we celebrate the memory of a great saint, the holy blessed virgin mar...
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...
The Forefathers of Christ
Fr. Stephen Freeman
13 December 2020
Among the greatest blasphemies ever constructed by humankind was that of Na...
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...
