He is originally from a village in Crete. He was captured by the Turks after a rebellion raised by the population and suppressed by force by the Ottomans. The Turks arrested him and imposed […]
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Originally from Crete, he had wisdom comparable to the wisdom of the elders and an intense love for virginity. His profession is sewing. He avoided associating with Muslims, so they resented him and pushed him away
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On February 10, the Church celebrates the martyr Saint Charalambous, whose name means luminous or shining joy. He was a priest
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On the twenty-fifth of August, our church celebrates a saint who was one of the first Christians of non-Jewish origin who believed at the hand of Paul
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
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The Old Testament book called Third Kings, at the end of the sixteenth chapter, writes about how he reigned in the city of Samaria and its environs
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