9 June ~ Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland
He was born to Fedhlimidh and Eithne of the Ui Neill clan in Gartan, near Lough Gartan, Donegal. On his father’s side he was great-great-grandson of Niall...
Tag: Saints
1 June ~ Justin the Philosopher and Martyr
This Saint, who was from Neapolis of Palestine, was a follower of Plato the philosopher. Born in 103, he came to the Faith of Christ when he was already a matur...
7 May ~ Our Father Among the Saints Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre
Our holy Father Alexis, the defender of the Orthodox Faith and zealous worker in the Lord’s vineyard, was born in Austro-Hungary on March 18, 1854 into a ...
14 March ~ Benedict the Righteous of Nursia
Many of you know that I spent several years in a Benedictine Monastery. These were very happy years of my life and I have very fond memories of my time there. T...
28 February ~ St. John Cassian
Our venerable and God-bearing Father John Cassian was a 4th/5th century monastic saint known for his writings on the monastic life and for correctives of the an...
27 February ~ St. Raphael of Brooklyn
St. Raphael (Hawaweeny), the first Orthodox bishop consecrated in the New World, was born in Beirut, on or near the Synaxis of the Archangels, November 8, 1860,...
13 December ~ 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...
5 December ~ Savas the Sanctified
This Saint was born in 439 in Moutalaska, a small village of Cappadocia. He entered the arena of the monastic life from childhood and was under that master trai...
4 December ~ The Great Martyr Barbara
Saint Barbara was from Heliopolis of Phoenicia and lived during the reign of Maximian. She was the daughter of a certain idolater named Dioscorus. When Barbara ...
27 October ~ Dimitrie the New, Protector of Bucharest
Saint Dimitrie the New (Basarabov) is recognized as the patron saint of Bucharest, Romania. Saint Dimitrie Basarabov lived in the 13th century, during the Roman...