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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…
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 JOHN OF BEVERLEY, BISHOP OF YORK
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father John was born of noble parents at Harpham, Yorkshire in 640. As a youth he studied the Holy Scriptures, Church music, Greek and Latin in the famous school of Saint Adrian at Canterbury,…
SAINT MELLITUS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY by Dr. Vladimir Moss
SAINT MELLITUS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Our holy Father Mellitus was a Roman monk, who in 601 was sent by St. Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome, to serve as a missionary in England, helping St. Augustine of Canterbury. Having consolidated…
Saint Aristobulus
SAINT ARISTOBULUS An Apostle of the Seventy brought the Orthodox Faith to the shores of Britain. Aristobulus of Britannia was an Apostle, Martyr, and First Bishop of Britain. While some Orthodox traditions say he “died in peace”, others say he was…