Tag: Venerable Seraphim of Sarov

Feasts and Saints

Forefeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; St. Sylvester the Pope of Rome; Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov

Published by Diac. Iulian Dumitraşcu
02.01.2023

1. The first day of the Forefeast of Theophany falls on January 2. Like the hymns for the Nativity, many of the Church’s hymns of this period are slightly modified versions of the hymns of…

Feasts and Saints

Venerable Macrina the Sister of St Basil the Great; Venerable Dius the Abbot of Antioch; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov

Published by Sorin Ioniţe
19.07.2022

Venerable Macrina Saint Macrina was the sister of the holy hierarchs Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, and was born in Cappadocia at the beginning of the fourth century. Her mother, Emilia, saw an…

Feasts and Saints

Venerable Macrina the Sister of St Basil the Great; Venerable Dius the Abbot of Antioch; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov

Published by Gheorghe Anghel
19.07.2017

Saint Macrina was the sister of the holy hierarchs Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, and was born in Cappadocia at the beginning of the fourth century. Her mother, Emilia, saw an angel in…