There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all
One in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
Andronicus (Andronikos – man of victory; conqueror of men) is counted as one among the Seventy and was disciple of the Savior. He and his fellow-worker Junia are mentioned by St Paul in his Epistle Read more…
St Theodore was called Sanctified, as he had purified his heart of passions and tuned his body worthy to be a temple of the holy Spirit and because he was the first in his monastery Read more…
St. Pachomius, the Great, venerable hermit father, was an early Egyptian ascetic, both a desert Father and a founder of coenobitic monasticism in Egypt. He was born in Thebes (Upper Thebaid), Egypt around A.D. 290, to pagan parents. His name, Read more…
The two Saints Methodius and Cyril were brothers, who brought Orthodoxy to the Slavic peoples of central Europe in the ninth century. Michael (Methodius) and Constantine (Cyril) were born early in the 9th century in Thessaloniki Read more…
Nicodemus was an honored member of the Sanhedrin, which was the ruling body of the Jews or Jewish supreme council (Jn 7: 50–51). He was a strict Pharisee, (strict disciplinarians, who spend their lives observing scribal Read more…
Christ is Risen from the dead; Let us all arise with Him’. Yesterday I was buried with Thee, O Christ.Today I arise with Thee in Thy resurrection.Yesterday I was crucified with Thee:Glorify me with Thee, Read more…
The Great, Holy Saturday is the day, between the day of sorrow of the Crucifixion of our Lord and the day of Joy of His glorious Resurrection. On, Great and Holy Saturday, the Orthodox Church Read more…
Passion Friday or ‘Friday of Passion‘ as we Orthodox rightly call is the day when our Creator died for His creation. He did die for the good of mankind. Christ, Who arrived as a king Read more…
There is an array of events that are clustered on this last day before Jesus was arrested that are commemorated in various ways in of worship services. These include the washing of the disciples’ feet Read more…