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, […]
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, […]
Most likely, he is from Naples, Italy, although there are those who suggest that he is from Caesarea Palestine. His father was a pagan, and his mother was a pagan
Nikon, the righteous martyr, and his 199 companions, the martyrs Continue reading »
Saint Nicodemus of Athos was born on the island of Naxos in 1747 to a father called Anthony and a mother called Anastasia. His name in the world
He was born in Corinth in 1731 AD. He tended to liturgical services and acts of piety since his youth. His father used to assign him to collect rents from...
We do not know much about the life of Saint Mark, who lived in the fifth century AD. Intimidation near Ankara, Asia
The Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Moses the Prophet, “the Eye of God” and “the Word of God,” on the fourth of September. He is counted among the seniors
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
Of Armenian origin. She got married and was a model of virtue and purity. Gentle, merciful, pious. She cared for the homes of God and the needy with an extraordinary interest, and she was tested with loss
The sun was setting. As for the morning hours on the Holy Mountain, they are full of perfumes and surrounded by magical splendor, and the darkness of the night dissipates as
Lev Nagolkine was born in 1767 into a bourgeois family in the Russian province of Orel. He worked in
Saint Cyprian was originally a pagan from the city of Antioch, which is on the borders of Kilosoria and Arabia. He studied from the age of seven in
Cyprian, the martyr among the priests, and the martyr Justina the Virgin Continue reading »
Saint Sissoye was born in Egypt around the year 339 AD. He felt an urge to follow the path of Saint Anthony, so he left the world