St. John Climacus (Klimakos) is honored by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as a great ascetic and as the author of a remarkable work entitled, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, a treasury of spiritual wisdom. Therefore, he has been named ‘Climacus‘ or ‘of the Ladder‘. He is known also as Read more
Each of the Great Feasts of the Church is followed by a commemoration or synaxis of some holy one who figures in the events of the Feast. So, on Mar 26, the day after Annunciation to Blessed Virgin Mary, it would be apt to commemorate the Holy Archangel Gabriel, the Read more
Evening: Luke 1:26-38 / (Luke 8: 16-21) **Morning: Luke 1:46-55 / (Mark 3: 31-35) **Holy QurbanaOld Testament ReadingsDeut. 26:10-27:10; Judges 13: 2-14; Isaiah 63:15-64:5 (Genesis 28: 10-22; Zech. 2: 10-13, 4: 1-7, 8: 3) **Epistle Readings1 John 3: 2-17; Galatians 4: 1-7 (Heb. 6:13-20; 7:1-10) **Gospel ReadingLuke 1: 26-38 (As Read more
Mar Thoma IV was the fourth bishop who was the Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Church in India in 1688 – 1728. Nothing much known about his earlier days, but like his predecessors, he belonged to the Pakalomattom family, just like his predecessors and was as an able and pious Metropolitan. Mar Thoma III died Read more
Saint Patrick was born around 385/387, in the village of Bannavem Taberniae, in a part of Britain now known as Wales. His name Latin Patricius, meaning high-born. His parents were part of the Christian minority of Britain; his father, Calpurnius, was a deacon and a Roman county decurion (tax official), the son of Read more
St. Caesarius {Kesarios, Caesarios (Gk)} was born in Ad 331, in Arianzus, near Nazianzus, as the son of St Gregory, the elder and St. Nonna and the brother of St Gregory the Theologian. He was like his brother, a theological writer. He probably studied at Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia in preparation for the elite Read more