The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus suffered in the city of Pontine Amasea (Asia Minor) in about the year 308. The brothers Eutropius and Cleonicus, and Basiliscus the nephew of the Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (February 17), were comrades. After the martyric death of Saint Theodore, they wound up in prison and by [...]
St. Nicholas Planas, often referred to as Papa Nicholas Planas, was a simple and humble parish priest outside of Athens. He lived just this past century. (He is not to be confused with more famous St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra, who is celebrated on December 6.) What is most notable about Papa-Nicholas are the [...]
Holy Monastic Martyr Eudokia was a Samaritan, a native of the city of Heliopolis in Phoenicia (modern Baalbek), who lived during the reign of Trajan (98-117). Her pagan impiety took her off the good path, and for a long time she led a sinful life. Her soul was deadened and her heart hardened. Eudokia awoke [...]
May the Name of the Lord be blessed! Brothers and Sisters: Please find attached below an Orthodox prayer for the cessation of the war going on in Ukraine. Please pray it everyday, that the Prince of Peace may restore calmness and remove the presence of evil that has descended upon the land that the Holy [...]
(This holy monastic is not to be confused with our Holy Father, St. Basil the Great. He is named "New" to distinguish him from the many St. Basils in Orthodox Hagiography)) Saint Basil the New left the world in his youth, and struggled in a desolate place. Once, courtiers of the Byzantine Emperor were passing [...]