John Cassian, the righteous saint
He is the one whom the Lord God willed as a mediator to plant Eastern monasticism in the West. He was born in Scythia, at the mouth of the Danube River, […]
Gregory the Illuminator, an Armenian missionary and bishop
Saint Gregory, known as “The Enlightener,” is the second apostle who established the Christian faith in Armenia after the Apostle Bartholomew. The saint was born
Dorotheos, Bishop of Tyre, saint and martyr among the priests
Saint Dorotheos, Bishop of Tire, lived during the time of Diocletian's persecution of Christians, around the year 304, and he was very familiar with the Holy Bible. forced
Theodore of Tyrone (of Tyre), the saint and martyr
Saint Theodore is one of the most famous martyrs in the East, and he is not Saint Theodore, the army commander, whom the church celebrates on February 8.
Theodosius of Tyre
Scholars see her martyrdom between the years 307-308 AD. Urban was the ruler of Caesarea at the time, and he had a great killing against Christians during the reign of Emperor Diocletian.
Theodorus the Studite the Confessor
His upbringing and times Saint Theodoros was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, in the bosom of aristocracy. His time was characterized by a brutal war
Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia
He was the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia between 1917 and 1925. The position of patriarch was suspended by Tsar Peter the Great in the eighth century
Benedict the Great
The basic reference for the biography of Saint Benedict (in Arabic, Mubarak), whom the Church celebrates on the fourteenth of March, was prepared by the writer.
Polyfectus, the holy martyr
A Romanian officer in the 12th Romanian Division stationed, at that time, in Malatya, Armenia. He condemns paganism. It was during the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius
Forty martyrs
The martyrdom of these saints was around the year 320 AD, during the reign of Licinius Caesar (308-323 AD). We do not know exactly the origin of this group of forty.
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
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).