Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Nikephoros was born in Constantinople in the year 758. His father, Theodoros, was the chief of staff of King Constantine V (one of the emperors who fought icons). […]
Villarita, Mother, Abbess
The Annunciation Monastery in Ufa is one of the most famous monasteries due to the high spiritual status of its nuns. This was the fruit of its founder, Mother Villaretta,
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...
Enocandius, the venerable apostle of Alaska among the saints
His name was John Benjaminov. He was born in 1797 in the villages of the Siberian province of Irkutsk, where he was raised by his uncle after the death of his father. It seemed since