St John Chrysostom
This is why God has allowed you to have more: not for you to waste on prostitutes, drink, fancy food, expensive clothes, and all other kinds of indolence, but for…
Saints and Blesseds
St Phoebe, the deaconess
Today, we liturgically recall the memory of our venerable mother, Phoebe, the deaconess. “You put aside all the cares of this world that you might dedicate yourself to the service…
Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified, Melkite and Carmelite
Today, the Church with the Carmelites honor a recent saint, Mariam of Jesus Crucified (Baouardy), affectionately known as “The Little Arab” (1846-78). Saint Mariam was born in Nazareth. She was…
The Holy Prophet, Saint Micah
Today, on the Vigil of the Dormition, the commemorates the memory of the holy prophet, Micah. Micah prophesied between 750 and 687 bc. He was a contemporary of Amos and…
The Dormition of the mother of the Theotokos, St Ann
The Feast day of The Blessed Dormition of Saint Anna, the Holy Ancestor of God and the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary As Saint Ann…
St Mary Magdalene, equal to the apostles
The holy myrrhbearer and equal of the apostles, Mary Magdalene is commemorated today. There are several Marys mentioned in the New Testament. The surname Magdalene distinguishes this Mary as the…