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Saint Alexei Mechev - Saint Alexei Mechev

Alexei Mischev

He was born in 1860. His father is a choir conductor in the service of Metropolitan Filaret of Moscow. The family lived in humble circumstances. He never had [...]

Saint Agathe, martyr

Agathi, the martyr

Saint Agathe (Salha) was born in the early third century AD in the city of Benorme on the island of Sicily. She was very beautiful and rich,

Saint Martyr Alexandros, Bishop of Jerusalem

Alexandros the Martyr, Bishop of Jerusalem

He was born in Cappadocia around the year 170. He enthusiastically followed the lessons of the Alexandria School of Christian Education and studied under its most famous teachers, such as Pantaenius.

Saint Anthony the Great

Anthony the Great

He is the father of all monks and the founder of the monastic order. He was born in the year 251 AD in the town of Qaman Al-Arous, Beni Suef. His father died while he was still alive

Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher

Ahmed Al Khattat

Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher lived in Constantinople in the seventeenth century. His profession was an archivist. He did not have a wife, she was

Saint Jerome - Saint Jerome

Jerome - Jerome

Saint Jerome was born around 347 in the city of Stridon, located between Hungary and Dalmatia. He was raised in a Christian family.

Elisha the prophet

Elisha the prophet

Elisha, the name, means “God helps” or “God saves.” He is one of the prominent prophets of the Northern Kingdom, Israel - with its capital, Samaria - and a disciple of Elijah

Jeremiah the Prophet

Jeremiah the Prophet

Jeremiah the Prophet, the meaning of his name in Hebrew is “God exalts” or “God exalts.” He was born around 650 BC in a small village of Kant

Isaiah the prophet

Isaiah the prophet

The Prophet Isaiah was born around the year 765 BC in the Kingdom of Judah, whose capital was Jerusalem, during the days of intense rivalry between it and

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