John the Ladder of Sinai
He is John of Sinai, named after Sinai, and he was named Al-Sulami because he wrote the book “The Ladder of Virtues.” Saint John of the Ladder was born in Palestine around […]
Roman Markella
Saint Markella, a model of Christian widows, was born in the year 330 into the care of one of the famous Roman families. She was married against her will and then widowed
Paul the Thebes, the righteous saint and the first hermit
Its origins: On the fifteenth of January, our church celebrates our righteous father Paul the Thebe, the first of the solitary hermits in Christian history.
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