Hagiology
Religion
The holy martyr and apostle James, the Brother of our Lord
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
24 October 2022
Saint James (Iakovos), the brother of our Lord was the first bishop of Jeru... 
The wiles of the devil
Archimandrite Nikon Koutsidis
24 October 2022
Saint Ilarion the Great was a great ascetic. He lived in Palestine in the ...
The anonymous departed saint who didn’t wish to become known
Stelios Koukos
10 October 2022
Elder Panaretos and the unknown saint
In the first part of the twentieth c...
Α Goth Saint: The Holy Martyr Nikitas
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
15 September 2022
Nikitas was born in the land of the Goths and was a disciple of their God-b...
Saint Symeon, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (+1429)
George Zaravelas
15 September 2022
Saint Symeon, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, was one of the most significant...
Joachim and Ann: the most fortunate parents
Archimandrite Daniel G. Aerakis
9 September 2022
The most fortunate parents in the history of the world are those of the Mot...
“Thy birth, O Theotokos, has proclaimed joy to the whole world…”
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
8 September 2022
A homily of the abbot of the Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Archiman...
On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 1
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
7 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
Today, the Vir...
Encomium on the Beheading of the Great Forerunner – 3
Saint Theodore the Studite
30 August 2022
According to the Gospel, his disciples then came, took away his body and bu...
”He was nourished by prayer and did not feel the pangs of hunger”: New Martyr Theocharis from Neapolis, Asia Minor
21 August 2022
In 1740, the Ottoman Empire was at war and Sultan Ahmet ordered that all th...
