Saints
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The Conception of St. John the Baptist
09-23This came to pass fifteen months before the birth of Christ, after the vision of the Angel that Zacharias, the father of the Forerunner, saw in the…
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Phocas the Martyr, Bishop of Sinope
09-22Latinized form of the Greek name Φωκας (Phokas), which meant "a seal" from…
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Jonah the prophet
09-21Jonah the prophet Jonah the prophet was mentioned in two places in the…
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Sophia & her three daughters
09-17The Holy Martyrs Saint Sophia and her Daughters Faith, Hope and Love were born in Italy. Their mother was a pious Christian widow who named her…
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St Euphemia visiting St Paisios
One day Father Paisios was going through a very difficult phase. A problem was created in the Church at that time and many bishops had gone to him to…
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Saint Euphemia the Great Martyr
09-16Means "to use words of good omen" from Greek () "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak, to…
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Nikitas the Great Martyr
09-15This 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,…
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Saint Cornelius the Centurion and Martyr
09-13Saint 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…