August 2, 2015
Translation of the Relics of St. Stephen: after laying hidden for many years, St. Stephen appeared to a priest and promised healings which took place after they were unearthed....
August 1, 2015
7 Holy Maccabee Martyrs – when the aged teacher Eleazar was urged to ‘fake’ eating meat sacrificed to idols, he refused and maintained he needed to be an example...
Sunday, August 2
MATTHEW 14 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But...
Saturday, August 1
MATTHEW 21 6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a...
July 31, 2015
Martyr Julitta at Caesarea: the basis of St. Julitta’s story has been repeated through the present day. Her property stolen by a pagan, she went to the courts for...
Friday, July 31
MATTHEW 20 24 And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers...
July 30, 2015
Apostle Silas: St. Silas, one of the travelling companions of St. Paul, was highly regarded in the Jerusalem Church. He ended his life as Bishop of Corinth, which we...
Thursday, July 30
MATTHEW 20 17 Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, 18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the...
July 29, 2015
Virginmartyr Seraphima of Antioch: this young lady immediately answered the summons to trial for the crime of being a Christian. How often does God ‘summon’ us through a ‘quiet...
Wednesday, July 29
MATTHEW 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had agreed...