Saints


  • Stephen, Archdeacon & First Martyr
    12-27

    Saint Stephen was a Jew, by race, and, as some say, a disciple of Gamaliel, the teacher of the Law mentioned in Acts 5:34 and 22:3. He was the first…

  • Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch
    12-20

    Saint Ignatius was a disciple of Saint John the Theologian, and a successor of the Apostles, and he became the second Bishop of Antioch, after…

  • Haggai the prophet
    12-16

    Haggai was a Hebrew prophet during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the…

  • Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople
    12-11

    This Saint was from the village of Marutha in the region of Samosata in Mesopotamia. He became a monk at the age of twelve. After visiting Saint…

  • The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God
    12-09

    Saint Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was the youngest daughter of the priest Nathan from Bethlehem, descended from the tribe of Levi. She…

  • The Prophet Zephaniah
    12-03

    The Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) was a contemporary of the Prophet Jeremiah and the Prophetess Oldama. He was from the tribe of Simeon, and was the…

  • Habakkuk the Prophet
    12-02

    This Prophet, whose name means "loving embrace," is eighth in order of the minor Prophets. His homeland and tribe are not recorded in the Divine…

  • Nahum the Prophet

    The Prophet Nahum had Elkesaeus (Elkosh) as his homeland, and was from the tribe of Symeon; he is seventh in order among the twelve Minor Prophets…