The fifteenth meeting: with Father Nestorius (2) - about divine gifts
1- Introduction After the evening service, we sat together on the mat as usual to listen to the talk that had been promised to us. As we remained silent for a while [...]
Saint Anthony and founder of the Caves Monastery in Kiev
Our venerable father among the saints, Anthony of Kiev, is one of the founders of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev. The Holy Church celebrates him on 2
John the Ladder of Sinai
He is John of Sinai, named after Sinai, and he was named Al-Sulami because he wrote the book “The Ladder of Virtues.” Saint John of the Ladder was born in Palestine around
Hilarion the new righteous saint
He lived in the eighth century, became a monk when he was young, and worked very hard in the paths of asceticism and continuous prayer. Purified from every passion by the grace of God.
Nectarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of the Five Cities in Libya
Saint Nektarios, whose name was Anastas Kefalas, was born in Southern Thrace on October 1, 1846 AD. He grew up in a large and poor family, and his mother and grandmother were poor
Saint Macarius, Bishop of Corinth
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...
Marcius of Cyrus, the righteous hermit
Marcianus was born from an honorable family in the city of Cyrus on the Afrin River, north of Aleppo, currently called “The Prophet Hori.” He found a center
Leonid Startz Saint
Lev Nagolkine was born in 1767 into a bourgeois family in the Russian province of Orel. He worked in
Canon Al-Isafari, the saint and martyr
He taught him the Christian faith and baptized him in the name of the Holy Trinity, the Archangel Michael. He was his companion all the days of his life. When he wished
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
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
Sisui the Great, Saint Monk
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