30 November ~ Feast of St. Andrew the First Called
Today the Christian world celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew the First Called of the Apostles. This is an interesting feast day for me since it brings two parts...
Tag: Saints
What Can the Saints Teach Us?
Tikhon of Moscow Yesterday on the Church calendar was the remembrance of the Glorification of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Enlightener of Nor...
24 September ~ Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska
On the anniversary of the arrival of the Russian missionaries in Alaska (1794), we remember the New Martyrs St Peter the Aleut, Protomartyr of America, and St J...
24 September ~ Martyr Peter the Aleut
Saint Peter the Aleut is mentioned in the Life of St Herman of Alaska (December 13). Simeon Yanovsky (who ended his life as the schemamonk Sergius in the St Tik...
24 September ~ Martyr Juvenal of Alaska
Saint Juvenal, the Protomartyr of America, was born in 1761 in Nerchinsk, Siberia. His secular name was John Feodorovich Hovorukhin, and he was trained as a min...
20 August ~ Prophet Samuel
The Prophet Samuel was the fifteenth and last of the Judges of Israel, living more than 1146 years before the Birth of Christ. He was descended from the Tribe o...
9 August ~ Venerable Herman of Alaska
Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 – December 13, 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska. He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glori...
26 July ~ Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
Our righteous Father Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the m...
2 July ~ Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great)
The holy and right-believing Prince Saint Stephen the Great (Romanian: Dreptcredinciosul Voievod Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt) was ruler of Moldova (in modern-day R...
All Saints
Yesterday, on the Orthodox calendar, was the commemoration of All Saints. This is the day set aside to commemorate all of those people whom God has chosen as sa...