Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)
34 minutes agoShe was born in 347 to a noble family in Rome, and at age sixteen married Toxotius, a prominent nobleman. Though her husband was a pagan, he was devoted to her and gave her freedom to keep a Christian home and rear her children as Christians. They...
Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
24 Jan 2025 at 1:01amHe lived in asceticism in the wild hills outside Antioch. For forty-five years he had no tent or house of any kind, but wandered from place to place, living in caves or in clefts. In his old age, his disciples finally prevailed on him to build a s...
Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296)
23 Jan 2025 at 1:01amHe was from Ancyra in Galatia, son of a pagan father and a Christian mother named Euphrosyne. His mother prophesied on her deathbed that he would suffer great torments for Christ over many years. After her death he was adopted and reared by a piou...
Holy Apostle Timothy
22 Jan 2025 at 1:01amThis is the Apostle to whom two of St Paul's Epistles are addressed. He was from Lystra in Lycaonia, born to a pagan Greek father and a Jewish mother. His mother, whose name was Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, brought him up in piety and love o...
Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)
21 Jan 2025 at 1:01amHe was born Michael Tivolis in 1470. In his early youth he traveled to Italy, where many scholars had fled to preserve Hellenic culture despite the fall of Constantinople. After completing his studies in Florence, he went to the Holy Mountain in 1...
Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra)
20 Jan 2025 at 1:01amThey were disciples of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the first missionary to the lands north of the Black Sea. They witnessed to Christ around the Danube River and converted many to the Faith. They were arrested and condemned, and died immersed to the...
Our Holy Godbearing Father Anthony the Great (356)
18 Jan 2025 at 1:01am'Saint Anthony, the Father of monks, was born in Egypt in 251 of pious parents who departed this life while he was yet young. On hearing the words of the Gospel: "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast, and give to the poor" (Matt. 19...
