My Dearest Edward (1003-1066), known as the Confessor because you professed your undying faith and suffered persecution for it, intercede...

When Your Mother took me By the arm and Stared into my eyes, I could not see. When Your Mother Walked with me and Talked with me, I could not hear. When Your Mother Stopped with me and Turned me toward You I could not know. Then Your light Shined on me and My heart was filled With an energy not known to man. Then Your warmth Filled me with ecstasy and Showed me the truth Of a silence not made by man. Felicitous delight Euphoric cheer Enraptured love Blessed radiance, Nothing

The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Claudia Procles of Judea, who was Pontius Pilate's wife. We know of her only from the Gospel According to St. Matthew. "While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: 'Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night, I suffered much on account of him'" (Matthew 27:19). Even though we don't know much about St. Claudia, whose name is not even mentioned in the passage above,

The Holy, Glorious, Right-Victorious, Great-Martyr Demetrius of Thessalon came from a noble family of the Roman province of Macedonia. Through this noble ancestry and through his own ability and virtue he rose to a high military position under Galerius Maximian, Caesar of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire (with Diocletian as the Augustus, or senior emperor). Despite this position in the still-pagan empire, he remained fervent in faith and works for Christ, encouraging many