St. John the theologian is one of the four evangelists, or authors of the Gospels. St. John was the son of Zebedee and Salome, who were…
September 21st is the leave-taking of the feast of the Elevation of the Cross (September 14th) so as we are still within this festal period…
The feast of the Holy Cross commemorates two “rediscoveries” of the Holy Cross (the cross on which Christ was crucified) in 326 AD and again…
The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric…
Sometimes this feast is called the Assumption, but this name is more prevalent in the Catholic West than the Orthodox East. This feast commemorates the death…
St. Herman is the first Orthodox saint glorified (canonized) in North America. Some sources say he was born in Serpukhov, Russia in the 1750s. More…