HOLY SILENCE

The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Marcellus of Tangier (or St. Marcellus the Centurion) who refused to participate in the...

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...

Demetrius came from a noble family of the Roman province of Macedonia. Through this noble ancestry and through his own ability and virtue...

On October 24, the Church commemorates the icon of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow (of Moscow). This icon depicts the Theotokos...

The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle and Evangelist Luke is the author of the Gospel of Luke, the companion of the Apostle Paul...

St. Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) is one of three saints of the Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian (the...

The Holy Apostle James (son of Alphaeus and brother of the Holy Evangelist Matthew) made missionary journeys throughout Judea, Edessa,...

According to Sacred Scripture, the holy Apostle Thomas did not believe the reports of the other disciples about the Resurrection of Jesus...

The Protection of the Mother of God (Pokrov [Покров] in Russian or Skepi [Σκέπη] in Greek) is a feast day celebrating the appearance of...

For your understanding and use in prayer: John 15.8-17 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. ...