Saints Peter and Paul – Feast Day June 29th
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 city...
Category: Greek Saints
Saint Sophia and Her Three Martyred daughters – Pistis (Faith) – Elpis (Hope) and Agapi (Love)
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 – Holy Martyr of Rome – Boiled in Oil and Tar Before Being Beheaded
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 – Feast Day May 21
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 the Great Martyr – Beheaded by her Father
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 – Birth of the Christian Church – in Greece a Three Day Celebration
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 Christ...
Saint George – One of the Most Beloved Saints
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...
Saint Stephen the First Christian Martyr
Saint Stephen’s Day, or the feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint’s day commemorating Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr celebrated on 26 December in the Latin Church and 27 December...
Saint Vasileios – Basil the Great – Bishop of Caesarea
The Feast Day of Agios Vasileios or 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, Saint...
Saint Spyridon of Corfu Greece
Saint Spyridon (270 – 348 A.D), Bishop of Trimythous and Patron Saint of the Greek Island of Corfu (Kerkyra in Greek) whose Feast day is celebrated on the twelfth of December, was born...
