Prophet Haggai; Blessed Empress Theophano
Holy Prophet Haggai He was the tenth of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was of the Tribe of Levi and he prophesied during the times of the Persian emperor Darius Hystaspis (prior to 500 B.C.).…
Feasts and Saints
Hieromartyr Eleutherius the Bishop of Illyria, and His Mother; Martyr Susanna; Venerable Paul of Latros
Hieromartyr Eleutherius, his mother Evanthia and Caribus the Eparch: Saint Eleutherius, the son of an illustrious Roman citizen, was raised in Christian piety by his mother. His virtue was such that at the age twenty,…
Martyrs Thyrsus, Callinicus, Philemon and Apollonius
The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus They suffered for Christ under Emperor Decius (249-251) at Caesarea in Bithynia. Saint Leucius, having reproached Prefect Cumbricius his unjust persecution of Christians, was executed after being tortured.…
†) Holy Hierarch Dositheus, Metropolitan of Moldavia; † Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes at Sebaste; Virgin-martyr Lucy of Syracuse (Fish permitted)
Holy Hierarch Dositheus He was born in 1624, in Suceava, today’s Romania and passed into eternal life in 1693, Żółkiew (Jovkva), Poland – today’s Ukraine. He was Metropolitan of Moldavia (1671 -1673, 1675-1686), a scholar,…
†) St. Spyridon the Wonderworker of Tremithon (Fish permitted)
Saint Spyridon of Tremithus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He was a shepherd, and had a wife and children. He used all his substance for the…
Sts. Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople and Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon (Fish permitted)
Saint Daniel the Stylite He was born in the village of Bethara, near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia. His mother Martha was childless for a long while and in her prayers she vowed that…
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus of Alexandria (Fish allowed)
The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus They suffered for their faith in Christ under the emperor Maximian (305-313). Saint Menas was sent by the emperor from Athens to Alexandria to suppress the riots that…
The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God; Prophetess Hannah the mother of the Prophet Samuel
Saint Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary She was the youngest daughter of the priest Nathan from Bethlehem, descended from the tribe of Levi. She married Saint Joachim (September 9), who was a native…
St. Patapius of Thebes; Apostles Caesar, Tychicus, and Onesiphorus of the Seventy
Saint Patapius He was born at Thebes into a pious Christian family. Reaching the age of maturity, he scorned the vanities of the world and so went into the Egyptian desert where he became known…
†) St. Philothea of Argeş, the Protectress of Romania; St. Ambrose the Bishop of Milan
Saint Philothea (Philofthea) of Argeş She was born in Trnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria, around 1206. Her father was a farmer, and her mother was from Wallachia. She died when Philothea was still a…