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 […]

Eftimios was born around the year 377 AD in Malatya, Armenia. His father's name is Paul and his mother's name is Dionysia. Both were prominent and virtuous. But they are

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

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

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 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

Saint Alexius was born in Rome in the late fourth century AD (380 AD) to pious parents close to the imperial court. His father was

Saint Aquila was born in Pontus in Asia Minor (Türkiye), and was a Jew. He was staying with his wife Priscilla in Rome, but...

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

He is Aviani Radionov, born on May 23, 1977. His mother, called Lobov, says that after his birth she lived with a feeling of...

Today's service (February 21) describes Saint Ephestatius as the good shepherd and the double-edged sword, the one who defeats heresy and the one who has a heavenly life.