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Saint Gregory the Wonderworker

Gregory the Wonderworker

He was born in the new city of Caesarea in the Land of Pontus (currently in Turkey) around the year 213 AD. His parents were pagans, and his name was Theodorus […]

Saint Cecilia of Rome, martyr

Cecilia of Rome, martyr

Cecilia was from a noble family from Rome. She believed in Christ secretly from her parents when she was a young girl. A day came when her family wanted her

Theodorus, army commander

Theodorus, army commander

The oldest testimony about Saint Theodore is a sermon delivered by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. We don't know anything about his homeland. We just know that

Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia

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

Saint Panteleimon, the healing physician

Panteleimon, the healing physician

Panteleimon was born around 284 AD in the city of Nicomedia and was called Pandolionta. His father, Eustorgius, was a pagan and his mother, Eupholis, was a Christian.

Saint Martyr Polyfectus

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

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