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The story of Athanasius is one of courage, resolute determination and an unwavering Devotion to Jesus as God incarnate true God of true God. Saint Athanasius, also known as Athanasius I of...
The Feast of Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is celebrated on the 26th of December in the Catholic Church and the 27th of December in the Greek Orthodox Church. Stephen (the...
The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of Peter and Paul on the same day, June 29th Saint Paul, or Paul the Apostle, was a Greek Jew, born Saul of Tarsus (a...
The Holy Martyrs Saint Sophia and her three daughters, Pistis (Faith), Elpis (Hope) and Agapi (Love), were born in Italy in the Second Century, AD, in the time of Emperor Hadrian. (Agapi,...
Saint Paraskevi, considered a healer of the blind, was born in Rome in around 130 A.D, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Her Feast Day is celebrated on July 26 Paraskevi’s...
Saints Constantine and Helen share a feast day which is celebrated on the 21st of May. Saint Helen Saint Helen of Constantinople c. 250-328 AD, said to have been...
Saint Barbara, a third-century martyr, lived in Nicomedia with her rich pagan father, Dioscorus, who imprisoned her in a tower and after discovering she had secretly become a Christian, beheaded Barbara himself...
Pentecost (from the Greek ‘pentekostos’, meaning the fiftieth day) is a ‘moveable feast’ celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after Easter and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of...
Saint George was born a Greek in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, today’s Turkey; after his parents died he travelled to Nicomedia, an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, where he joined the Roman...
The Feast Day of Agios Vasilios, known as Basil the Great Bishop of Caesarea, is celebrated on the first of January, New Year’s Day. Traditionally Greek children don’t receive presents from Santa Claus,...
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