The nineteenth Easter message
Resurrection Day on April 12, 347. The Jewish holidays “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (1)” have ended. Such an occasion […]
Sermon Twenty: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Twelve: 1-3
“I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship” (Romans 12:1).
Mary of Synod of Antioch, saint and martyr
Saint Mary was born and lived in Antioch. She was the slave of a prominent man of Antioch who was a pagan. She is a Christian, like her parents, who served the man.
Mama, the holy martyr
Saint Mama was born in Asia Minor (Türkiye) in the year 275 AD. His parents were a devout Christian couple, so the governors arrested them and imprisoned them
Cyprian the Martyr, Bishop of Carthage
Cyprian of Carthage was not mentioned in the Orthodox calendar because there was confusion between him and Cyprian of Antioch (whom the Orthodox Church refers to as
Constantine the Great and Helena, the two great kings crowned by God and equal to the apostles
Saint Constantine the Great was the first Christian emperor who became by the grace of God, and as the Church called him, “the Messenger of the Lord among kings.” Parents, place and time
Sergius and Bacchus, the martyrs
Sergius and Bacchus were nobles of Rome, and they held important military positions despite their young age during the time of Emperor Maximian. And that was
Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt (fifth Sunday of Lent)
One cannot prove with certainty what share history has and what share superstition has in the traditions concerning the saint (Mary of Egypt).
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.
Barlaam, the righteous hermit
Saint Barlaam (sixth century) was born in a village called Al-Lahiya near the Black Mountain, which extends from Al-Amanus to the Orontes River. I love
Polyfectus, the holy martyr
A Romanian officer in the 12th Romanian Division stationed, at that time, in Malatya, Armenia. He condemns paganism. It was during the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius