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...
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...
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...
July 28, 2015
St. Paul of Xeropotamou: we often think that becoming a monastic was easier in the past when most people did not have much materially and so there was not that...
July 27, 2015
Greatmartyr Panteleimon: St. Panteleimon was a physician who healed more through prayer than physical practice. He lived and died during the last great persecution of Christians in the pagan...
July 26, 2015
Repose of St Jacob Netsvetoof Alaska: St Jacob was born in Alaska and at the completion of this life, worn out through constant hardships and travel, he had...
July 25, 2015
Dormition of St. Anna: tradition records that the mother of the Theotokos fell asleep at age 79 before the Annunciation to her daughter. Long-suffering is a virtue that most...
July 24, 2015
Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb: these two sons of St. Vadimir of Kiev allowed themselves to be slain by their wicked brother rather than spill innocent blood in a civil...
July 23, 2015
Martyr Trophimus and 14 Others in Lycia: if we need an example that sin blinds the sinner we only need to look at these martyrs. They were thrown in...
July 22, 2015
St. Mary Magdalene: St. Mary was prominently mentioned in the Gospels as a devoted follower of Christ. She was among the first witnesses of His Resurrection. Later she witnessed...