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Today, we commemorate Martyr Thomais of Alexandria who was beheaded by her father-in-law for refusing to give into his lustful demands....

Great Lent provides to us a specific time to reflect more honestly and deeply on the state of our individual and collective faith....

Help us Most Holy Martyr Agatha (231-251) of Palermo whose feast we celebrate today (February 5). You who were beautiful inside and out ... You who were devout and spiritually advanced ... You who resisted temptation ... You who were beaten ... You who were visited by St. Peter in prison and restored to health ... You who ultimately preferred martyrdom rather than betray Christ ... Show us the path of piety, prayer, steadfastness, faithfulness, and love. Keep our enemies at b

My Dearest Babylas, You were a man, a hesychast, and a martyr of two worlds (3rd c.). You were born in the East, lived in the West, and...

On December 29, the Church commemorates the unknown martyrs. This day of remembrance is focused on those who died for the sake of Christ...

Catherine, my Catherine! You waited until the exact moment To call me forth to that Place of death and Life Upon which crucifixions and...

The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi who were put to death for not renouncing Christianity to Khwarezmid Sultan Jalal ad-Din upon his capture of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1226. Even though an event like this seems so distant of place and time from our world, this feast offers us an opportunity to meditate (prayer of the mind) on the following: Am I aware of where Christians are suffering int he world? Do I pray for them? Do I

The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Marcellus of Tangier (or St. Marcellus the Centurion) who refused to participate in the birthday celebrations of Emperor Maximian, which would have involved worship of the pagan gods. Even though a saint like Marcellus may seem obscure to our modern world, a feast like this gives us an opportunity to meditate (prayer of the mind) on the following: Do I adhere to my faith when others around me do not? Am I willing to stand up f

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