Blessed Virgin Mary – Final Days of Virgin Mary Death, Place and Time: The passing away of Virgin Mariam is shrouded in mystery. The last reference we have about her in the bible is in the Acts of Apostles 1: 14. Virgin Mariam was seen in the company of the Read more
The Oriental Orthodox Churches especially Coptic, has a strong tradition of the flight of the holy family consisting of Joseph, Virgin Mariam, Infant Jesus (& Salome – midwife) from place to place in Egypt seeking refuge from Roman soldiers pursuing them from Palestine. Egypt is where Israel, once took refuge. Read more
Blessed Virgin Mary – Legend and StoryThe Gospels give very little light on the biographical aspects of Blessed Virgin, Mariam – her parentage? family lineage? her life during the public life of Christ? after Christ’s Ascension and her death? However, her family background and personal life were known to the Read more
“And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Luke 1: 41) Blessed Virgin Mary carries the hidden Christ to St. John the Baptist John the Baptist, while yet an infant hidden in St. Elizabeth’s Read more
Come, all you faithful, let us hasten to the Virgin: for long before her conception in the womb, the one who was to be born of the stem of Jesse was destined to be the Mother of God. The one who is the treasury of virginity, the flowering Rod of Read more
Holy, Righteous, Anna the Prophetess was the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old devout Jew; she had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage, and then remained a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night Read more
St. Timothy (Gk: Timótheos, meaning ‘honouring God, honoured by God, precious to God’, all of which was true to this disciple of the Lord. He was part of the early Church, an early Christian evangelist too. Timothy was a close companion and messenger of Paul the Apostle, as well as the first Christian bishop Read more
Gregory of Nazianzus, one of the three Cappadocian Fathers (along with St. Basil the great of Caesarea and St. Gregory of Nyssa) is honored as one of the great doctors of the Church. St. Gregory (329-389) was born near Arianzus in Cappadocia. Gregory was born into a wealthy family near Nazianzus Read more
St. Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great was one of the towering figures of ancient Christianity and was indeed one of the greatest pillars of the Church. He born in a Caesarea, Cappadocia, Turkey, in AD 329, into the wealthy Christian family of Basil the Elder, a Read more
Christ is born! Glorify Him!Oh, noble Mother of God, who contained God, on the day of your remembrance, we join with God!Thanks to the Holy Spirit, Who dwell in you. O Holy Trinity show kindness to our souls! The Holy Church has separated Dec 26, on the next day of Read more