Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) was born in 1906 with the name Evangelos in Evoia, Greece, in the small village of Agios Ioannis (Saint John). As a child he tended to the sheep […]
THE ENTRY INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE MOST-HOLY THEOTOKOS When the Most-holy Virgin Mary reached the age of three, her holy parents Joachim and Anna took her from Nazareth to […]
THE HOLY GREAT-MARTYR CATHERINE Catherine was the daughter of King Constus. After the death of her father, she lived with her mother in Alexandria. Her mother was secretly a Christian […]
THE HIEROMARTYR CLEMENT, BISHOP OF ROME Clement was born in Rome of royal lineage and was a contemporary of the holy apostles. His mother and two brothers, traveling on the […]
THE VENERABLE ALYPIUS THE STYLITE Alypius was born in Hadrianopolis, a city in Paphlagonia. From childhood, he was dedicated to the service of God. He served as a deacon with […]
