June 22, 2015
St. Alban of England: St. Alban is the ‘protomartyr’ or ‘first’ Christian martyr in England. He converted only a short time before torture and martyrdom because of the lifestyle and...
June 21, 2015
Martyr Julian of Tarsus: almost every day martyrs are part of the Liturgical calendar. We can read, often in detail, of horribly painful tortures that are worse than the...
June 20, 2015
St. Nahum of Ochrid: at the end of a movie several dozen names are rapidly scrolled. These are the ‘credits’ of the movie and most people never bother to...
June 19. 2015
APOSTLE JUDE: in his Epistle he write “faith without works is dead’. There are at least fourteen kinds of spiritual and corporal (earthly) works of mercy that we can...
July 18, 2015
‘GOD-LOVER’ ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD: Prince St. Andrew Bogolubsky had this icon painted to commemorate a vision he had of the Theotokos in the 12th Century. Many...
July 17, 2015
ST. SHALVA OF GEORGIA: the nation of Georgia has been a ‘battleground’ throughout much of its history. St. Shalva was a Christian how honored God and the Church and...
June 16, 2015
ST. TIKHON OF CYPRUS: As a young may Tikhon gave out bread to those in need angering his father. Young man pointed out the Gospel verse that says we...
June 15, 2015
PROPHET AMOS: All of us have to do something we don’t want to. This often causes stress, anger and other negative emotions that are often long lasting. Amos was...