The Nativity of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
The Nativity of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ 'And when the fullness of time was come, God sent His only-begotten...
The Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Children
December 17th 1. The Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Children: Ananias, Azarias and Misael. All four of them were of the royal...
Saint Dionysius of Zakinthos, the Wonderworker of Forgiveness
December 17 Memory of our Holy Father DIONYSIUS the NEW from ZAKINTHOS, who became Bishop of EGINA Saint Dionysius was born in 1547...
Saint Spyridon’s Miraculous Defense of Kerkyra in 1716
Our holy father among the saints, Spyridon, wrought miracles at all times. However, the most exceptional and remarkable one was whereby he preserved Kerkyra...
Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Patron Saint of Kerkyra (Corfu)
The 12th of the month (December), Memory of our holy Godbearing Father SPYRIDON the Wonderworker, Bishop of TREMITHUS Our holy father Spyridon lived...
An Orthodox Christian Understanding of the Immaculate Conception
The following excerpt, from The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God by our modern day Saint John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San...
Saint Ambrose of Milan (Ο Άγιος Αμβρόσιος Μεδιολάνων)
December 7 Saint Ambrose of Milan The feastday of a saint is customarily observed on the day of his death, the day on...
Background On An Icon of Saint Nicholas
On icons of St Nicolas, our Lord and Saviour will often be seen on one side with the Gospels in His hand, and the...
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra
The 6th of the month (December), memory of our Father among the Saints NICOLAS the Wonderworker, Archbishop of MYRA Our holy Father Nicolas, emulator of...
The Monastery of St. Sabbas in the Holy Land
Since December 5 is the feast of the great Saint Sabbas the Sanctified, I thought I'd share some things about the Monastery of St....
Saint Barbara the Great Martyr
December 4th The Holy and Great Martyr Barbara. This famous follower of Christ was betrothed to Him from her early years. Her...
Saint John Damascene (Ο ‘Αγιος Ιωάννης ο Δαμασκηνός)
December 4th Saint John Damascene He was first a minister of Caliph Abdul-Malek, and then became a monk in the monastery of St Sava...
November 30 – Saint Andrew the Apostle, the First-Called (ο Πρωτόκλητος)
The 30th of the month, Memory of the Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Apostle ANDREW the FIRST-CALLED The glorious Apostle of Christ, Andrew,...
Saint Nikon “Metanoeite,” the Patron Saint of Sparta
Memory of our Holy Father NIKON the PREACHER of REPENTANCE (He is named Metanoite – 'Repent' in Greek – (cf. Matt. 3:2), since,...
November 13 – Saint John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom (the Golden-Tongued), Patriarch of Constantinople. He was born in Antioch in the year 347, his father's name being Secundus and...