Category: Saints
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Worship v Veneration
I’ve often wondered what the difference between worship and veneration is. In particular, with respect to the veneration of Saints and Angels vs the worship that is only for God. Superficially it seemed like a distinction without a difference particularly where it comes to prayer… But The Lord of Spirits podcast clarified it for me.…
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Saints of the Day – 2024-12-05
Sabbas the Sanctified (527-565 AD) Orthodox Christianity Then And Now Website Holy Martyr Diogenes Orthodox Christianity Then And Now Website Philotheos the Righteous of Mount Athos Orthodox Christianity Then And Now Website Nektarios the Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity Then And Now Website
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Hidden History of Early Christian Art
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Saints of the Day 2024-11-26
Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis Orthodox Christianity Then and Now Nikon Metanoeite Orthodox Christianity Then and Now Stylianos the Monk of Paphlagonia Orthodox Christianity Then and Now George the New Martyr of Chios Orthodox Christianity Then and Now Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder, Innocent of Irkutsk Orthodox Christianity Then and Now
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Church Fathers 2024-11-25
Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine[a] (Greek: Αίκατερίνη) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar who became a Christian…
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Church Fathers 2024-11-24
Our Holy Father Clement, Pope of Rome (AD 96) Our father among the saints Clement of Rome (also called Clemens Romanus to distinguish him from Clement of Alexandria) was the third in succession after the Apostle Peter as bishop of Rome. Clement is known mainly for the letter he wrote to the Corinthians in about…
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Gospel Reading 2024-11-24
LUKE 18:18-27 At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do…
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Saints of the Day – 2024-11-23
Here are the Saints of the Day Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum, Dionysios, Patriarch of Constantinople, Ischyrion, Bishop of Egypt, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, Sisinios the Confessor Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium He lived about 340-394 AD. His biography can be found here. He is important for…
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Saints for 2024-11-22
The Saints for today: Archippus the Apostle, Philemon the Apostle & his wife, Apphia, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul (Today’s Epistle reading) Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Patriarch of Constantinople Anthimos, President of Crete Righteous Jacob of Evia Archippus According to…