Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite
On October 3 (October 16 in the Churches that keep the Old Calendar), the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite.
Category Living Saints
Articles on saints, holy families, and living Orthodox witness in the Church and the world.
The Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina
The lives of the Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina: conversion from sorcery to Christ, the power of the Cross, prayer, and repentance.
Saint Silouan the Athonite and Adam’s Lament
Saint Silouan the Athonite: Adam's lament, love for enemies, and prayer for the whole world. From lost grace to hope in the love of God.
Saint Thecla and the Apostle Paul
Saint Thecla, Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles: her discipleship under the Apostle Paul, from the window in Iconium to preaching the Gospel.
Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, Parents of the Forerunner
Two righteous people who asked for a child all their lives, received one in old age, and did not keep him. What the Gospel says about Zachariah and Elizabeth, what the Church confesses about the slaying of the priest in the Temple, and what it rests on.
Saint Moses the Ethiopian (28 August): the repentance that lasted until death
The life of Saint Moses the Ethiopian, from robber chief to father of the desert, and the repentance he carried until death.
Saint Phanourios the Martyr (27 August)
What we know about Saint Phanourios: the icon of Rhodes, the twelve torments, the antiquity of his veneration, the phanouropita and later traditions.
Saint Poemen the Great (27 August)
The life and teachings of Saint Poemen the Great on thoughts, humility, discernment, watchfulness and prayer. Commemorated on 27 August.
The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia, His Wife, and Those with Them (26 August)
The martyrdom of Adrian in Nicomedia, Natalia's service in prison, and the Christian marriage that remained beneath the love of Christ.
Saint Kosmas the Aetolian, the Hieromonk Who Joined Preaching to Education
The life of Saint Kosmas the Aetolian: twenty years of preaching through the Balkans, the schools he founded, and his martyrdom on 24 August 1779.