Venerable Maximus the Confessor

  January 21, 2025, Saint Maximus the Confessor was born in Constantinople around 580 and raised in a pious Christian family. He received an excellent education, studying philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric. He was well-read in the authors of antiquity and he also mastered philosophy and theology. When Saint Maximus entered into government service, he became[…]

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The Twelve Days of Christmas in the Orthodox Church

  The Twelve Days of Christmas, known in Greek as Dodekaemeron (“Twelve Day”), are a festive period linking together two Great Feasts of the Lord: the Nativity and Theophany. During this period one celebration leads into another. The Nativity of Christ is a seven-day celebration: the formal title of the first day is “The Nativity[…]

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St. Nina, Equal-to-the-Apostles A homily by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco to the St. Nina Brotherhood

January 14, 2025, Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Nina was a relative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and a niece of the Great-Martyr George the Victory-Bearer from the other side of her family. Since early childhood, she was burning with love for Christ and His Church. She felt grieved when she learned that there were certain nations[…]

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