Venerable Sava the Sanctified

Commemorated on December 5

Saint Sava composed the first monastic Rule of church services, the so-called “Jerusalem Typikon”, accepted by all the Palestine monasteries.

Rating: 7|Votes: 1

St. Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod

Commemorated on December 4

The time of holy Archbishop Gennadius as hierarch at Novgorod coincided with a terrible period in the history of the Russian Church.

Saint John of Damascus

Commemorated on December 4

Saint John of Damascus was born about the year 680 at Damascus, Syria into a Christian family. His father, Sergius Mansur, was a treasurer at the court of the Caliph.

Rating: 4,2|Votes: 13

On the mysteries and miraculous power of Orthodox holy objects

Natalia Goroshkova, Andrei Muzolph

Andrei Muzolph, teacher at the Kiev Theological Seminary, speaks on miraculous icons, incorrupt relics, myrrh-streaming relics, holy springs, holy oil and other Orthodox sacred objects.

Rating: 10|Votes: 4

Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called

Commemorated on November 30/December 13

The Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ.