Saint Anthony the Great
Saint Anthony said: “The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Just as when light enters a dark house, it expels its darkness and illuminates it, so fear […]
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
Gregory Palamas the Wonderworker
The life of our righteous father in Saints Gregory Palamas, the miraculous and brilliant archbishop of Thessaloniki in the fourteenth century. He wrote a biography
Sincletiki, the righteous saint
Her identity and upbringing: She is originally from Macedonia, from a noble and pious family. Her parents were devout believers. For their piety, they moved to Alexandria after the reputation of piety reached them
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
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.
Isichios the monk, father of the skete of Saint Anne
Among the fragrant flowers that blossomed in the Virgin’s garden was Father Aeschyus, who was adorned with virtues. He was born in a small village in Messinia
Saint Athanasius the Great
He is the twentieth Patriarch (Pope) [1] of the See of Alexandria. He is known as the “Protector of the Faith” and the “Father of Orthodoxy,” and he is one of the fathers who defend true and authentic surrender.
Monks in the third and fourth centuries
Origin: Jesus Christ was the first to live a life of poverty, wandering, and misery. He taught that the Kingdom of God was approaching. He sent his disciples and instructed them not to become pregnant