Efthymos, Bishop of Novgorod, Saint and Righteous
He was raised in piety and vowed to the Mother of God since childhood. At the age of fifteen, he was so inflamed with love for God that he abandoned everything and became a monk in […]
Andrew of Crete, martyr among the priests
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
Plato, abbot of the Monastery of Sokotheion
He was orphaned following the death of his parents due to the plague that swept through Constantinople and its environs in the year 747 AD. He was thirteen years old at that time. Catch up with someone
Heads of churches around the world
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Barbara the martyr
Saint Barbara was born in the early third century of Christ. Her father, whose name was Dioscorus, was very rich and an ardent pagan who hated Christians and
Barnabas the Apostle
Barnabas was born on the island of Cyprus and was a Levite. His original name was “Joseph,” but the apostles called him “Barnabas.” His name means “son of prophecy,” but Luke
Relations between local and global ecumenical dialogues - PDF
Relations between local and global ecumenical dialogues - the case of the Church of Antioch Introduction: A historical overview When the Antiochians introduce their church, you find them mentioning that