2026
Babylas, Bishop of Antioch, and with him Martyrs Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius, and their mother Christodula At the trial with Bishop Babylas were three young brothers, who did not forsake him even in this most
According to the opinion of many Fathers of the Church, based on an ancient tradition, this is the Zacharias whom, as our Lord said, the Jews slew between the temple and the altar (Matt. 23:35),
The Miracle of the Holy Chief Commander Archangel Michael at Colossae. In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis, in a place called Cheretopos, there was a church named for the Archangel Michael, built
This holy Martyr was a shepherd in Lycaonia. Born a pagan, named Tarasius, he received holy Baptism and wasrenamed Sozon. Filled with zeal for the truth, he taught his countrymen to desist from the worship
Today, the day following the Nativity of the most holy Theotokos, we celebrate the synaxis of Saints Joachim and Anna, honouring them as her parents. Apolytikion in the Second Tone As we celebrate the memory
This saint lived in the fifth century. Out of remorse for the adultery that she committed with another man, she fled from her husband’s house, renamed herself Theodore, clothed herself as a man, and pretending
Having borne the weight of all things unbearable with courage, Euphrosynos now rejoices in divine delight. By St. Dimitri of Rostov: Our holy monastic father Euphrosynos was born of simple parents although he surpassed even
The Hieromartyr Autonomus was a bishop in Italy. During the time of the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), St Autonomus left his own country and resettled in Bithynia, in the locality of
Saint Cornelius was a Roman by race, a pagan by religion, a centurion in rank, an inhabitant of Caesarea of Palestine, a man pious and God-fearing who gave many alms to the people and prayed
This Saint was of high birth among the Goths beyond the Danube River. He was taken by Athanaric, pagan ruler of the Goths, and after being tortured, was burned to death for his confession of
Means “to use words of good omen” from Greek () “good” and φημι (phemi) “to speak, to declare”. Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon. The Holy Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised was the daughter of Christians, the senator Philophronos and