Category Saints

Saint Ia of Cornwall – October 27

Saint Ia of Cornwall (also known as Eia, Hia or Hya) was a missionary and martyr of the 5th or 6th centuries in Cornwall. She is said to have been an Irish princess, the sister of Erc of Slane and a student of Saint Baricus. Ia went to the seashore to depart for…

St. Cedd Bishop of East Saxons – October 26

St. Cedd (Latin: Cedda, Ceddus; c. 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. St.…

St. Eata Bishop of Hexham, Celebrated on October 26th.

St. Eata (+26 October 686), also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681, and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685. He then was translated back to Hexham where he served until his death in 685 or…

Fintán of Taghmon- Feast Day Today October 21

Not to be confused with (Saint Fintan of Clonenagh) Saint Fintán, or Munnu (died 635) is one of the saints of Ireland and Britain who served in Ireland and Scotland being the founder and abbot of the abbey at Teach-Mhunn – The House…

St. Edith of Wilton- September 16

Saint Edith of Wilton (c. 963[1] – 16 September 984-987 also known as Eadgyth, her name in Old English, or as Editha or Ediva, the Latinized forms of her name) was an English nun, a daughter of Edgar the Peaceful,…

On the Feast Day of the Holy Prophet Elias

Sermon by Protopriest Leonid Kolchev (+1944) Today we prayerfully mark the honor of one of the greatest prophets of the Old Testament, Prophet Elias (the “Tishbite”). We are accustomed to thinking the prophets are people who predict the future. That…