St. Stephen and the Holy Spirit
Today, as we celebrate the feast of the First-Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen, let us think about chapters 6 and 7 of the Acts of the Apostles. In Chapter 6 of the Acts of the Apostles, we read in verse 10…
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St. John of Damascus – December 4 – On Divine Images Quote
In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship…
A LIFE OF ST. PHILARET OF METROPOLITAN OF NEW YORK
Written by Dr. Vladimir Moss Early Years Metropolitan Philaret, in the world George Nikolayevich Voznesensky, was born in the city of Kursk on March 22 / April 4, 1903, into the family of Protopriest Nicholas. In 1909 the…
St. Philaret the Almsgiver
Saint Philaret was from the village of Amnia in Paphlagonia. Early in life, Philaret was a very wealthy man, but by distributing abundant alms to the poor he himself became extremely poor. However, he was not afraid of poverty, and, not heeding…
Saint Andrew the First-Called
From The Prologue from Ochrid, Vol. 4 He was the son of Jonah and brother of Peter, born in Bethsaida and a fisherman by profession. He was first a disciple of St John the Baptist, but, when John pointed to…
HIEROMARTYR NICODEMUS OF POLTAVA
by Dr. Vladimir Moss The clergy exiled to Solovki usually spent some time in the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Kremlin, and then in the sixth company. Among them was Fr. Nicodemus. Stooped, approaching 80, he was nevertheless fit and healthy…
SAINT EDMUND, MARTYR-KING OF EAST ANGLIA and Those with Him – November 20
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Early Years St. Edmund, one of the greatest and most famous of the British saints, lived and suffered during the ninth century, one of the most tragic and difficult moments of British history, when the pagan Danes…
St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby (680) Commemorated November 17
A noble kinswoman of St Edwin, king of Northumbria (commemorated October 12), Hilda was baptized at a young age through the preaching of St Paulinus, one of the first missionaries sent from Rome to the British Isles. At the age…
St. Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (397) Commemorated on November 11
This holy and beloved Western Saint, the patron of France, was born in Pannonia (modern-day Hungary) in 316, to a pagan military family stationed there. Soon the family returned home to Italy, where Martin grew up. He began to go…
Saint Tysilio Commemorated November 8
source: Wikipedia Saint Tysilio (+640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor Iscoed, and an ecclesiastic who took a prominent part in the affairs of Wales during the distressful period at the opening…