Orthodox Saint

St Simeon Stylites

The Greek Church celebrates the memory of two stylites who had the same name. St Simeon the Elder was worshipped for establishing the stylite movement in the fifth century. Born in Cappadocia, Simeon...

St Eustratius

St Eustratius was martyred in Armenia in the early fourth century. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates his memory on 13/26 December. St Eustratius was killed alongside four other holy warriors – S...

St Artemius

St Artemius was martyred in the fourth century. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates his day on 20 October. St Artemius was a Roman general and the ruler of Egypt. A witness of the miraculous appea...

St Florus and St Laurus (The Miracle of the Archangel Michael)

St Florus and St Laurus were twin brothers who were martyred in the Balkans in the second century. In their final prayers before being put to death, they allegedly promised to multiply and protect th...

St Nicholas of Myra

St Nicholas of Myra was a bishop and a miracle-worker. At the Council of Nicaea in 325, he publicly slapped the Alexandrian presbyter Arius in the face. Nicholas was subsequently demoted from the ran...

St Boris and St Gleb

St Boris and St Gleb were the youngest of the twelve sons of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. Boris ruled Rostov and Gleb ruled Murom. After Prince Vladimir’s death in 1015, their elder brother, Svyato...

St Paraskeva

Four martyrs with the name of Paraskeva were worshipped in the Byzantine-Slavonic world – the Roman St Paraskeva (2nd century, 26 July/8 August); St Paraskeva from Sicily (3rd century, 28 October/10 ...

St Demetrios of Soluneia

St Demetrios of Soluneia (270–306) was the proconsul of Thessalonika in the fourth century. He was put to death for preaching Christianity in the Roman town of Sirmium in the northern Balkans. The fe...

St George and the Dragon

St George of Cappadocia was a soldier of high birth who was put to death at Nicomedia near Constantinople on 23 April 303. According to the apocryphal Acts of St George, he held the rank of tribune i...

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