Commemorated on August 25 On this day we commemorate the translation of the relics of St. Bartholomew, although his main feast…
Commemorated on August 24 Troparion — Tone 4 By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor…
Commemorated on August 23 The Holy Man Lupus was a servant of Great-martyr Dimitrios the military commander of Thessalonica. When Emperor…
Commemorated on August 22 Troparion — Tone 4 Your holy martyr Agathonicus and his companions, O Lord, / through their sufferings…
Commemorated on August 21 The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus was not part of the original twelve apostles, but was one of the…
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are also commemorated on the Sunday of the Forefathers before the Nativity as righteous men who…
The Venerable Abraham of Smolensk Abraham was born in the Russian town of Smolensk, in answer to his parent’s prayers.…
Bassa was the wife of an idolatrous pagan priest, but she lived secretly as a Christian. She educated her sons…
Commemorated on August 20 The Holy Prophet Samuel The righteous Samuel was the fifteenth and last judge of Israel. He lived…
These blessed and Holy men are nearly certain to have been Slavs who lived during the reign of the ruthless…