The great veneration for the Mother of God among the monks of the Holy Mountain Athos

Elder Yerasimos Ayiopavlitis

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The great veneration for the Mother of God among the monks of the Holy Mountain Athos

Elder Yerasimos Ayiopavlitis

‘Do you see, son, how Our Lady doesn’t let any of her children out of her care?’

Saints Called on for Various Special Needs

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Saints Called on for Various Special Needs

In the Orthodox Church, a patron saint is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person. Since the time of the early Christians up to the present, a vast number of patron saints have been recorded.

Holy Hierarch Erconwald, Bishop of London

Commemorated April 30/May 13

Dmitry Lapa

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Holy Hierarch Erconwald, Bishop of London

Commemorated April 30/May 13

Dmitry Lapa

According to early Orthodox tradition, Christianity was brought to London by the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul who both preached there. The tradition holds that St. Peter founded a church “in the west” which was a predecessor of what is now Westminster Abbey, while St. Paul erected a church “in the east”, which was a predecessor of what is now St. Paul’s Cathedral on Ludgate Hill.

Palm Sunday

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Palm Sunday

Healings of Soul and Body: Saint Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker

+ April 29/May 12

St. Justin Popovic, St. Nikolai Velimirovich

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Healings of Soul and Body: Saint Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker

+ April 29/May 12

St. Justin Popovic, St. Nikolai Velimirovich

Saint Basil hears our prayers. A saint is like a ray of sunshine, identical in its nature to the sun itself, which along with the countless other rays shines upon the earth. The soul of a saint, having become one with God as with a spiritual sun, illumines as part of this sun the whole universe seeing and knowing the hearts and minds of all people and hearing their needs and prayers.