Forty Martyrs

40 Holy Martyrs of Sebasteia

Bitter is the Cold, but Sweet is Paradise The names of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Acacius, Aetius, Aglaius, Alexander, Angus, Athanasius, Candidus, Chudion, Claudius, Cyril, Cyrion, Dometian, Domnus, Ecdicus, Elias, Eunoicus, Eutyches, Eutychius, Flavius, Gaisus, Gorgonius, Helianus, Heraclius,…

Old church in Ireland

St. Carthage (Carthach) the Elder

Feast on March 5 St. Carthage was an Irish bishop and abbot of the 6th century. He was the successor of St. Kieman of Ossory. He was the son or grandson of a local king. The saint is mainly known as a…

St. Gerasimos of the Jordan

St. Gerasimus of the Jordan

Gerasimus left his family wealth and worldly affairs to become a monk. He departed for the region Thebaid in the Egyptian desert, later again returning to his native Lycia. About the middle of the 5th century, Saint Gerasimus went to…