Sunday of the Canaanite – February 10, 2019 Saint of the Day Hieromartyr Haralambos This Saint was a priest of the Christians in Magnesia, the foremost city of Thessaly, in the diocese having the same name. He contested during the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. At the time of […]
16th Sunday of Matthew – February 3, 2019 Saint of the Day The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophetess Anna Today we honor the righteous Elder Symeon and Prophetess Anna, who prophesied concerning Him by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and were the first in Jerusalem to […]
12th Sunday of Luke – January 20, 2019 Saint of the Day Righteous Euthymius the Great This Saint, from Melitene in Armenia, was the son of pious parents Paul and Dionysia. He was born about 377. Since his mother had been barren, he was named Euthymius-which means “good cheer” or “joy”-for this is what his […]
Sunday after Theophany – January 13, 2019 Saint of the Day Hilary of Poitiers The holy Hierarch Hilary was born of pagan parents in Gaul, and was trained in philosophy and rhetoric. At a time when paganism was still strong in Gaul, Saint Hilary understood the falsehood of polytheism, and became a Christian, and a […]
Holy Theophany – January 6, 2019 Saint of the Day The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ About the beginning of our Lord’s thirtieth year, John the Forerunner, who was some six months older than Our Saviour according to the flesh, and had lived in the wilderness since his childhood, received a command […]
Sunday after the Nativity – December 30, 2018 Saint of the Day Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki This Saint, who was from Thessalonica, was the daughter of pious and wealthy parents, After their death, she passed her life serving God by means of good deeds. One day, as she was on her way to church, […]
Sunday before the Nativity – December 23, 2018 Saint of the Day Ten Martyrs of Crete These Saints, who were all from Crete, contested for piety’s sake during the reign of Decius, in the year 250. Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, and Eunician were from Gortynia, the capital; Zoticus was from Knossos; Agathopus, from the port […]
11th Sunday of Luke – December 9, 2018 Saint of the Day The Holy Forefathers On the Sunday that occurs on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we commemorate Christ’s forefathers according to the flesh, both those that came before the Law, and those that lived after the giving of the Law. Special commemoration […]
10th Sunday of Luke – December 9, 2018 Saint of the Day The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos According to the ancient tradition of the Church, since Saint Anna, the Ancestor of God, was barren, she and her husband Joachim remained without children until old age. Therefore, sorrowing over their childlessness, they […]
