Maryam the Egyptian
Saint Mary was born in the Egyptian countryside in the early fourth century AD, and when she was twelve years old, she went underground […]
Above Antioch, the saint and martyr
Saint Foka was born and raised in Cilicia during the era of the Roman Kingdom. His parents were Christians and his father was a nobleman. Saint Fawqa loved the word
Daoud Al-Halabi, the martyr
This is how the image of David Al-Halabi was drawn when the hour of his testimony with his blood for Christ approached: a Roman Orthodox man, married, with four children and an old mother.
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
Benedict the Great
The basic reference for the biography of Saint Benedict (in Arabic, Mubarak), whom the Church celebrates on the fourteenth of March, was prepared by the writer.
Paul the Thebes, the righteous saint and the first hermit
Its origins: On the fifteenth of January, our church celebrates our righteous father Paul the Thebe, the first of the solitary hermits in Christian history.
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Basil the Blessed Russian Saint
A type of saint was famous in the sixteenth century in Russia for being the madmen of Christ. The most famous of them was Basil the Blessed, whom the Church celebrates.
Forty martyrs
The martyrdom of these saints was around the year 320 AD, during the reign of Licinius Caesar (308-323 AD). We do not know exactly the origin of this group of forty.
Ephestatius the Great, Bishop of Antioch
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.
Ambrosius of Optino Monastery
Alexander Mikhailovich Grinkov (Saint Ambrose) saw the light in the Tambov region of Russia, on November 23, 1812.
Blessed Anthimos, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Anthimos was born in the great city of Antioch (it is known and famous that he was born in the Kasbah of Kas in the Aleppo Province) in the year 1717 AD, and when he reached the age of
Jerome - Jerome
Saint Jerome was born around 347 in the city of Stridon, located between Hungary and Dalmatia. He was raised in a Christian family.