The Sunday of the Fathers

SAINT OF THE DAY: SAINTS OF THE DAY: The Sunday of the Fathers is the Sunday before the Nativity of the Lord (December 18-24). On this day the Church honors all those who were well-pleasing to God from all ages, from Adam to St. Joseph the Betrothed of the Most...

Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kyiv Near Caves

SAINT OF THE DAY: On the second Sunday before the Nativity we commemorate all the great Fathers and Mothers, Prophets and Judges of the  Old Testament, starting with  Adam,  Abraham, the Righteous Sarah, Isaac and  Jacob, including Holy Prophet  Elias and  Daniel, and...

Great martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana

SAINT OF THE DAY: Great martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria, are commemorated today. The Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived and suffered during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-311). Her pagan father Dioscorus, was a rich and illustrious man...

Great-martyr James the Persian

SAINT OF THE DAY: Great-martyr James the Persian (the Sawn-Asunder) is commemorated today. He was born in the fourth century into a pious Christian family, both wealthy and illustrious. James occupied a high position at the court of the Persian emperor. But on one of...

The Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council

The Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council are commemorated on October 9. Today the Church remembers the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius (February 25). The Synod of 787 (the second to meet in Nicea) refuted the...