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Sunday of the New Martyrs – Video Κυριακὴ τῶν Νεομαρτύρων
On the Third Sunday according to the Gospel readings of St. Matthew, we celebrate the Synaxis of all the Martyrs after the Fall of Constantinople (1453).
St. Columba of Iona
St. Columba of Iona Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (December 7, 521 – June 9, 597) (also known as Columcille, meaning “Dove of the Church”) was an Irish missionary who helped re-introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of…
SAINT PETROC, ABBOT OF PADSTOW And Those with Him – June 4
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father Petroc (or Pedrog) was born in about 468, the third of ten children of King Glywys Cernvw of Glywysing (Dyfed, Wales). After the death of his father, the people wanted Petroc to take…
Find Out What the Holy Fathers Said About Sts. Martha and Maria, the Sisters of St. Lazarus – June 4
The righteous sisters Martha and Mary were believers in Christ before He raised their brother Saint Lazarus from the dead. After the martyrdom of the holy Archdeacon Stephen a persecution against the Jerusalem Church broke out, and Righteous Lazarus was…
SAINT ODA “THE GOOD”, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father Oda was born in East Anglia, of Danish parents. His father had been a soldier in the pagan Great Army that killed the holy Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia in 869 and was…
Saint Petronilla – May 31
Saint Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla) is an early Christian saint. She was venerated as a virgin martyr. She died in Rome at the end of the 1st century. Petronilla is traditionally identified as the daughter of Saint Peter, though this may stem simply from the similarity of names.…
The Feast of St. Theodosia of Constantinople – the Day Constantinople Fell to the Turks
Nun and martyr. Born to a noble family, she was orphaned in her youth and eventually became a nun at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) at the monastery of St. Anastasia. Above the Bronze Gates at Constantinople was a bronze icon of the…