James the Apostle, brother of John the Evangelist
He is James, son of Zebedee, the older brother of Saint John the Evangelist, and he was a fisherman with his father and brother. After Jesus called Peter […]
James, the brother of the Lord, the first bishop of Jerusalem
The church celebrates him on October 23, and he is not the Apostle James the son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve. The Bible mentions him as one of
Mark the Evangelist and Apostle
He is a young man who accompanied the apostles. He was a cousin of Barnabas, a companion of the Apostle Paul, as we know from his letter to the Colossians (4:10).
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem is a major church figure from the fourth century. He directed his work towards evangelization, becoming a school of Christian education and guidance. he do not know
Cyrus and John exhausted the silver
Saint Cyrus was a devout Christian from Alexandria in Egypt who practiced the medical profession and preached Christ to people, calling on them to abandon the worship of idols.
Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
A saint from Antioch, Sophronius, whose name means “chastity,” was born in Damascus, to two pious and chaste parents, Planthus and Myra. That was about
Seraphim Sobolev, Archbishop of Sofia
“I have trusted in you from the womb; from my mother’s womb you have been my guide” (Psalm 70:6). The ancient enemy of our salvation felt his powerful and implacable adversary in...
Haggai the prophet
Haggai is one of two prophets - followed by Zechariah - who played the most prominent role in urging those returning from exile to return.
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
Theophanes the Recluse, the righteous saint
The Russian Church canonized him in 1988 AD on the occasion of the millennium feast of the Baptism of the Russian people. He is rightly considered one of the most prominent makers of the spiritual renaissance
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 ignited by the love of God, so he abandoned everything and became a monk
Saint Anthony, the martyr
This saint’s name was “Ruh” before he was converted to the Christian faith. He was one of the nobles of the city of Damascus, and he lived near a monastery