Euphemia the College of Praise, the most revered saint among martyrs
I was born in the city of Chalcedon - the city in which the Fourth Ecumenical Council was held in the year 451 - to devout and pious parents, in the days of […]
Andrew of Crete of Jerusalem, Archbishop of Crete (Crete)
Saint Andrew was born in Damascus, Syria, during the days of the Arab invasion, around the year 660, from a virtuous, pious family. His father’s name was George.
Irene, the great saint and martyr from Magedon
We do not know when Saint Irene lived or when she was martyred. Some place her in the first century and some in the fourth century (the Synaxarium places her in the fourth century).
Enocandius, the venerable apostle of Alaska among the saints
His name was John Benjaminov. He was born in 1797 in the villages of the Siberian province of Irkutsk, where he was raised by his uncle after the death of his father. It seemed since
Enocandius of Comelli, the Russian righteous saint
His origin is from one of the princely families in Moscow. He became a monk and became the first student of Saint Nilos Sorsky, who revived him on May 7. Assist
Saint Anthony, the martyr
This saint’s name was “Ruh” before he was converted to the Christian faith. He was one of the nobles of the city of Damascus, and he lived near a monastery
Eleftherius, the martyr among the priests, and his mother Anthea
Our saint was born in the city of Rome to a pious mother named Antheia. She was guided to faith in the Lord Jesus through the disciples of the Messenger
Saint Al-Harith and his companions, the martyrs
Al-Harith and his companions were martyred in Najran in the year 523, and the church celebrates them on the twenty-fourth of October. Najran is a city in the north
Andrew of Crete, martyr among the priests
Andrew was born on the island of Crete in the eighth century. He is not St. Andrew of Crete, the Damascene-born Bishop of Gortina, who wrote laws
Aquila and his wife Priscilla, saints
Saint Aquila was born in Pontus in Asia Minor (Türkiye), and was a Jew. He was staying with his wife Priscilla in Rome, but...
Saints Martyrs Theo, Eren, Paul and Apollo
The Roman Emperor Maximian (286-305) issued a decree prohibiting the worship of Christ and emphasizing prostration to the gods, ordering the governors not to
Elias, the martyr of the priesthood and the curate of Afghania
It is not surprising to find in the lives of the saints that a man and his wife possess the heavenly crowns that had previously been symbolically placed on them.