24 June ~ Nativity of the Forerunner
He that was greater than all who are born of women, the Prophet who received God’s testimony that he surpassed all the Prophets, was born of the aged and ...
Tag: Feast Days
Sunday of All Saints of North America
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordin...
Sunday of All Saints
The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only to God. There have been saints at all ti...
21 May ~ Constantine & Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles
This great and renowned sovereign of the Christians was the son of Constantius Chlorus (the ruler of the westernmost parts of the Roman empire), and of the bles...
Ascension of our Lord
The Lord Jesus passed forty days on earth after His Resurrection from the dead, appearing continually in various places to His disciples, with whom He also spok...
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the bl...
Lazarus Saturday
Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, the friends of the Lord Jesus, had given Him hospitality and served Him many times (Luke 10:38-4z; John 12:2-3). They w...
St. Vantine
Since the entire world celebrates this Saint on this day I thought I would put a little entry here about St. Valentine, however on the Orthodox calendar we do n...
3 February ~ St. Werburga
Also know as Werburgh, Wereburga, Wereburg, Verbourg. Benedictine, patroness of Chester, Abbess of Weedon, Trentham, Hanbury, Minster in Sheppy, and Ely, born i...
Sunday after the Nativity of Christ ~ Stephen the Protomartyr
The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr (Gk. Στέφανος, “crown”) was an early Christian convert from among the Hellenistic J...