عيد القدّيسين بطرس وبولس مؤسسي الكرسيّ الأنطاكيّ

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Ordination of deacon Semaan Ayoub to the priesthood

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His Holiness Receives Their Beatitudes Patriarch John X and Patriarch Joseph Absi

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أحد جميع القدّيسين

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The First Church in Sweden

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His Beatitude Patriarch John X giving a homily during the Great…

Weekly Feasts & Saints

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07-06Saint Sisoës the Great

In thy struggles, thou wast as an earthly Angel, shining light upon the minds of all the faithful ceaselessly with thy divine signs; and for this cause, righteous Sisoës, we honour thee faithfully.

07-07Saint Thomas of Mt. Maleon

O God of our Fathers, always act with kindness towards us; take not Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace through the prayers of Saints Thomas and Acacius.

07-08The Holy Great Martyr Procopius

Devoutly aflame with godly zeal for Christ thy Lord, and armed with the strength and power of the precious Cross, thou didst cast down headlong thy foes' exalted pride, O Procopius, exalting Christ's holy Church, advancing in faith and shedding light on us.

07-09Hieromartyr Pancratius the Bishop of Taormina in Sicily

He that breathed with tongues of fire upon the holy Apostles gave thee, O Pancratius, the selfsame mystical graces; as the heir and true disciple of Simon Peter, thou didst shine upon the West with the saving Gospel and with blood didst seal thy preaching both as a hierarch and faithful Martyr of Christ.

07-10St. Joseph of Damascus

Although he died as a martyr, his life, his vigilance, and his sufferings were a witness of his holiness. By "becoming like Him in His death" (Phil. 3:10), he was crowned with His glory.

07-11Saint Euphemia the Great Martyr

O Euphemia, Christ's comely virgin, thou didst fill the Orthodox with gladness and didst cover with shame all the heretics; for at the holy Fourth Council in Chalcedon, thou didst confirm what the Fathers decreed aright. O all-glorious Great Martyr, do thou entreat Christ God that His great mercy may be granted unto us.

07-12The Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilarion

After his uncle had been slain with arrows, Hilary, because he would not deny Christ, was tormented, then beheaded.

07-14Saint Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos

The young monk soon moved to the Pantokrator skete, where he was under obedience to the Elder Arsenius of the Peloponnesos, under whose guidance he zealously studied Holy Scripture and the works of the Holy Fathers.

07-15The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta

As the Martyr of Christ God, the chaste Julitta, in her arms bare Cyricus, she cried out in the stadium with manful courage and boundless joy: Thou art the strength of the Martyrs, O Christ my God.

07-16Hieromartyr Athenogenes

Having followed the Lord's teaching, as an eminent shepherd thou didst lay down thy life for Christ's sheep, O Hieromartyr Athenogenes. Wherefore, we praise thee and thy ten disciples who suffered with thee, guided by the fear of God and thy teaching; for the Lord hath crowned you as Saints with His life-giving right hand. Pray, then, to Him in behalf of us all.

07-17The Holy Great Martyr Marina

Adorned with the beauty of Purity, O Virgin; crowned with the stigmata of martyrdom; stained with the blood of your struggles; and brilliantly radiant with healing wonders, piously, O Marina, you received the trophy of victory for your struggles.

07-19Macrina the Righteous, sister of St. Basil

The image of God, was faithfully preserved in you, O Mother. For you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By Your actions you taught us to look beyond the flesh for it passes, rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Macrina, your soul rejoices with the angels.

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07-20The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)

The incarnate Angel, the Cornerstone of the Prophets, the second Forerunner of the Coming of Christ, the glorious Elias (Elijah), who from above, sent down to Elisha the grace to dispel sickness and cleanse lepers, abounds therefore in healing for those who honor him.