Saint Barlaam, abbot of the Caves Monastery in Kiev
Introduction: Our venerable father Barlaam was a companion of Saint Anthony (see his biography in the Lives of the Saints). He was also one of the first abbots of the Monastery of the Caves […]
Nikolai Velimirović, Bishop of Zeca in Serbia
The Synod of Serbian Bishops, meeting in Belgrade in May 2002, declared, “with one voice and one heart,” His Holiness Bishop Nikolai (Velimirovic) that
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...
Mark, Bishop of Ephesus
The star of this saint, Mark of Ephesus, shone during one of the most difficult times that the Byzantine Empire went through. Its economic situation was miserable and the invaders
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
Demetrius Metropolitan of Rostov
He is one of the prominent saints in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born in the year 1651 AD near the city of Kiev. And when his father
Christophoros, the bearer of Christ, the saint and martyr
All we know about him from ancient sources is that he was martyred in Asia Minor. There is a church, built in his name, in Bithynia, to which it belongs
Ephesus of Tripoli
It was mentioned in the book “Lives of the Saints” that he was from Tripoli, and the time of his martyrdom was not known. The Greek Synaxarium mentions him and glorifies him for his courage. What he was known for
Elias, the martyr of the priesthood and the curate of Afghania
It is not surprising to find in the lives of the saints that a man and his wife possess the heavenly crowns that had previously been symbolically placed on them.