John the Baptist, the glorious forerunner
Saint John the Baptist is the only figure after the Mother of God, Saint Mary, to whom the Church devotes several feasts per year: the Conception […]
Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome
Saint Leo was born in the Italian region of Tuscany in the late fourth century AD, and moved to Rome with his family in the early century.
Constantine the Great and Helena, the two great kings crowned by God and equal to the apostles
Saint Constantine the Great was the first Christian emperor who became by the grace of God, and as the Church called him, “the Messenger of the Lord among kings.” Parents, place and time
Gregory the Wonderworker
He was born in the new city of Caesarea in the Land of Pontus (currently in Turkey) around the year 213 AD. His parents were pagans, and his name was Theodoros
Seraphim Sobolev, Archbishop of Sofia
“I have trusted in you from the womb; from my mother’s womb you have been my guide” (Psalm 70:6). The ancient enemy of our salvation felt his powerful and implacable adversary in...
Chapter Two: Announcement and Interpretation
The Bible does not contain all the historical, legislative and devotional texts that exist, but rather a select few of them. This select few became authoritative through their use - especially in the liturgy - in the community and through the value given to them by the Church.
Blessed Anthimos, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Anthimos was born in the great city of Antioch (it is known and famous that he was born in the Kasbah of Kas in the Aleppo Province) in the year 1717 AD, and when he reached the age of
Sources of tradition
The divine and apostolic tradition constitutes the general balance of all the faith of the early churches, which remains the basis of the constitution of faith of the entire universal Church. We have mentioned it