On the 2nd day of January From the «Lives of the Saints» of St. Demetrius (Dimitri) of Rostov His Youth and Hospitality. The Martyrdom of Bishop Timothy The holy Sylvester was born in ancient Rome and raised in the holy faith. He was a disciple of Cyrenus the presbyter, from whom he learned bookish wisdom […]
On the 1st day of January From the «Lives of the Saints» of St. Demetrius (Dimitri) of Rostov His Origins, His Studies, and His Turning to Divine Wisdom Foremost among priests, most wise among teachers, and a great favourite of God among all the saints, Basil had Cappadocia for his homeland, a father also named […]
On the 6th day of December From the «Lives of the Saints» of St. Demetrius (Dimitri) of Rostov Patara, the Parents Theophanes and Nonna, and the Wonderworker’s Wondrous Birth The great wonderworker, the swift helper and the extraordinary intercessor before God, the hierarch of Christ Nicholas, was raised up by the Lycian land, in the […]
On the 23rd day of November From the «Lives of the Saints» of St. Demetrius (Dimitri) of Rostov Birth at Pretoria and the Childhood Years In the land of Sicily there is a village called Pretoria, near the city of Agrigentum. In that village the holy Gregory was born of Orthodox and virtuous parents. His […]
On the 11th day of November From the «Lives of the Saints» of St. Demetrius (Dimitri) of Rostov Birth in Constantinople, and His Education There was in Constantinople a well-born and wealthy man named Photinus, whose wife was Theoktiste — both of them pious and God-fearing. They bore this blessed Theodore and, baptizing him according […]
