Blessing of the holy martyr
He was born and raised in a village called Bukha, which is one of the villages in the Levant, to pious, believing parents. His martyrdom took place in the city of Damascus in the […]
Nicholas, the saint and martyr among the priests
Nicolas Khashah was born in the city of Damascus on August 31, 1856 AD to two pious parents, Youssef Khashah and Maryam Maqbaa. Receive
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Mark, Bishop of Ephesus
The star of this saint, Mark of Ephesus, shone during one of the most difficult times that the Byzantine Empire went through. Its economic situation was miserable and the invaders
Gregory Jabara, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Hama and its environs
He is Gabriel bin Nicola bin Youssef Jabara. He was born in Damascus, the capital of Syria, on April 19, 1839. He received his education in Asian schools.
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Gregory IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Who is he? His name was originally Ghantus the Blacksmith. He is the son of Girgis bin Ghantous from Abiy, one of the villages in the west (Mount Lebanon).
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Simeon the New Theologian, Saint and Righteous
Among the shining stars in the sky of the righteous saints, three are worthy of the title of “theologian”: Saint John the Evangelist, the disciple whom Jesus loved.
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Daoud Al-Halabi, the martyr
This is how the image of David Al-Halabi was drawn when the hour of his testimony with his blood for Christ approached: a Roman Orthodox man, married, with four children and an old mother.
Habib Khasha, the martyr among the priests
His history (1) Habib was born in the city of Damascus, in the year 1894. He is the firstborn in a family of eight children. His father is a martyr
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Gabriel Nasir, the martyr
He is (1) from the town of “Al-Haffa”, the center of “Al-Haffa” district in the Syrian province of Latakia. Once, he and two of his companions went on a trade towards
Theophanes the Recluse, the righteous saint
The Russian Church canonized him in 1988 AD on the occasion of the millennium feast of the Baptism of the Russian people. He is rightly considered one of the most prominent makers of the spiritual renaissance
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