The Second Sunday of Great and Holy Lent
The second Sunday in Great Lent comes as an extension of the Sunday of Orthodoxy.
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HOLY MARTYR ST. EVDOKIA THE SAMARITAN
Memory celebrated March 1 Eudokia was a woman of Samaria who lived during the second century in Heliopolis. She was a pagan of immense beauty and became very wealthy by attracting wealthy lovers. As a harlot, she never considered the…
Our Holy Father St. John Cassian
Our venerable and God-bearing Father John Cassian was a 4th/5th century monastic saint known for his writings on the monastic life and for correctives of the anti-Pelagian writings of St. Augustine of Hippo. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is February 29 (celebrated on February 28 in non-leap years),…
St. Walburga, Abbess
St. Walburga of Heidenhein is a perfect example of familial holiness.
St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva)
St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva) St Theodore was born under Emperor Maximian’s rule around 303 AD. His epithet, of Tyron, is derived from the Latin “tiro”, meaning “newly enlisted soldier”. His Christian faith was kept secret…
BLESSED THEOKTISTA THE FOOL FOR CHRIST OF THE CATACOMB CHURCH
BLESSED THEOKTISTA THE FOOL FOR CHRISTCommemorated Feb. 22 (t1936) At the time when Archbishop Peter and Bishop Alexis (Hieromartyr Alexis Bishop of Kozlov (Bui) and Administrator of the Diocese of Voronezh – see his epistle here) were in Voronezh, a…
St. Timothy of Symbola
Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia Commemorated on February 21 Saint Timothy of Symbola was of Italian descent. He became a monk at a young age and pursued asceticism at a monastery called “Symbola”, in Asia Minor near Mount Olympus. At…
St. Mildred Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet c. 660-c.725 AD
SAINT MILDRED – St. Mildred was the daughter of King Merewald of Magonset and his wife, St. Ermenburga (alias Aebbe of Minster-in-Thanet); and therefore sister of Saints Milburga and Milgitha. At an early age, her mother sent her to be educated at Chelles in France, where many English…
SAINT ALFRED, MARTYR-PRINCE OF ENGLAND by Dr. Vladimir Moss
The ancient town of Guildford is dominated by two hills, between which flows the River Wey. On top of one hill there stands the church of St. Martha. It is likely that the word “Martha” was originally “Martyr”, for the…
