
Lives of the Saints: 8th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – 30 July 2023
This Sunday we commemorate the Fathers of the First Six Oecumenical Councils. Together with these notes, we’ve included an overview of these Councils. This has
This Sunday we commemorate the Fathers of the First Six Oecumenical Councils. Together with these notes, we’ve included an overview of these Councils. This has
Monasteries and the monastic life have always been prominent features of Christianity. We sometimes think of cathedrals as being a focal point because they are
We are fortunate in having the example of so many saints to demonstrate the character and quality of a life devoted entirely to Christ. Today
In the calendar of Saints for today we find two saints who are linked. St David of Thessalonika, is sometimes called St David the Dendrite.
St John the Wonderworker reposed in the Lord on this day in 1966. His shrine is in the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Cathedral in
Given the current nationalist sensitivities this designation could be seen as controversial. The location of the Baptism of Rus in AD988, at the instigation of