Month March 2021

Saint Óengus of Tallaght

March 11 is the Feast of Saint Óengus of Tallaght or Óengus the Culdee “Óengus mac Óengobann, better known as Saint Óengus of Tallaght or Óengus the Culdee, was an Irish bishop, reformer and writer, who flourished in the first…

St. Pacian Bishop of Barcelona – March 9

Saint Pacian was Bishop of Barcelona. A Spaniard by birth, he became bishop in 365. Little is known about his life beyond his extensive writings, which are themselves extant only in part in three letters and a short treatise, Paraenesis ad Poenitentiam. Among the…

The 42 Holy Martyrs of Amorium and Steadfastness

Nothing is truly new new! All our present difficulties in some way have saints that represent the same struggles and make us relate to our own times. In some ways, things are often less “bloody” in our days, but there…

Saint Winwaloe

Fragan or Fracan, father of this saint, was nearly related to Cathoun, one the kings or princes of Wales, and had by his wife Gwen three sons, Guethenoc, Jacut, and Winwaloe, whom they bound themselves by vow to consecrate to…

St. Non of Wales – Mother of St. David of Wales

The Life of St David (of Wales) was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives of both St David (died c. 589) and his mother. Rhigyfarch was a Norman cleric whose father had been Bishop…

Слово в воспоминание Адамова изгнания из рая. Sermon of our First Hierarch on the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise – Russian

(Прощеное воскресение)Во имя Отца и Сына и Святаго Духа! С завтрашнего дня мы вступаем на поприще Великого святого поста и Святая Церковь напутствуетнас евангельскою заповедью о примирении с ближними, об отпущении и прощении им всех их согрешений преднами. «Аще бо…