St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Today is the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, archbishop of Myra in Lycia. The Byzantine Church honors Nicholas in several beautiful texts. This one taken from the sticheron from…
Today is the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, archbishop of Myra in Lycia. The Byzantine Church honors Nicholas in several beautiful texts. This one taken from the sticheron from…
On the Byzantine liturgical calendar today we commemorate the holy apostles, Erastus, Olympus, Rodion, and their companions. Remembered as apostles and little heard of unless you are a student of…
The Church commemorates today the Synaxis for the archangels, Michael and Gabriel, and all the bodiless powers of heaven. "The role of angels, or spiritual powers, is evident from their…
A blessed and glorious Feast of the Holy Apostle, Evangelist, Physician, and Iconographer Luke, to all celebrating today; a happy patronal day to all bearing his name. (Icon of St…
The holy apostle, Philip, one of the first seven deacons. This Philip came from Caesarea in Palestine. We have a portrait of him from the Acts of the Apostles. While…
Today, the Church liturgically recalls a significant monastic father, Simeon, who lived on a pillar. You will recall there is an icon of Saint Simeon on the wall in the…
The Church sings, Inflaming your heart with heavenly fire, you turned the fires of passion into cold ashes. O God-bearing martyr Lawrence, strength of martyrs, amid all your sufferings you…