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On January 17, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Anthony the Great, the first universally recognized founder of monastic asceticism. His ...

The birthplace of the venerable Romil was the city of Bdin (Vidin). His mother was Bulgarian, and his father - Greek. At St. Baptism he was named R ...

The Church honors Saint Gabriel Lesnovski today, one of the three great followers of the Rila hermit St. Ivan Rilski. Gabriel celebrates a name da ...

Nina is known in history as the enlightener of Georgia. She came from a very wealthy Christian family. When she learned about paganism in Iveria (pres ...

On December 31, the Orthodox Church honors the Rev. Melania of Rome. The Rev. Melania lived in the 5th century and was a rich and prominent citizen ...

On the second day of Christmas, the church praises the pure Mother of God, who gave birth to the Savior, with songs of thanksgiving. The holiday is ca ...

On December 24, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Holy Monk-Martyr Eugenia. Saint Eugenia was a Roman, the daughter of noble pare ...

On December 23, everyone who bears the name Biser, Bisera, Biserka, Bistra, Naum celebrates their name day. On this day, we celebrate the memory of ...

On December 22, the Orthodox Church honors the day of the Great Martyr Anastasia (St. Black). St. Anastasia was the daughter of a noble and wealthy Ro ...

Today we honor the memory of St. Ignatius the God-bearer, one of the best disciples of St. Apostle John the Theologian, so called because he carried G ...

Saint Modestus was the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Name days are celebrated by: Modestus, Modius and Modeus. Saint Modestus was born in Sebasteia Cappa ...

On December 17, we celebrate St. Prophet Daniel - one of the four great biblical prophets from the Old Testament (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel), ...

Today the Church honors the memory of the great martyrs Leucius, Tyr and Callinicus. They were born in the Bithynian region, but grew up in the ci ...

On this day, the Church honors St. Spyridon the Miracle Worker - one of the great saints and miracle workers of the 4th century. Traditions and cus ...

On December 9, the Orthodox Church celebrates the conception of St. Anna, mother of the Virgin. Saint Anne is considered the patroness of marriage and ...

The Orthodox Church today honors St. Saint Eleutherius, who came from a noble Roman family. He received a Christian upbringing. When he was 20 years o ...

On December 5, name day is celebrated by all who bear the name Sava. Sava, the founder of many monasteries in Palestine and of the famous Lavra kno ...

On December 1, everyone who bears the name Nahum celebrates a name day. St. prophet Nahum lived 700 years before the birth of Christ. 200 years bef ...

On November 30, we celebrate Andrew's Day. Everyone has a name day related to Saint Andrew the First - Andrei, Andreiana, Andreia, Andrian, Andro, ...

On November 26, a name day is celebrated by all those who bear the name Stiliyan (meaning - pillar), Stiliyana, Stiliyan (Stylian - a variant of Stili ...

The Orthodox Church celebrates today the memory of St. Kliment Ohridski. Holy Liturgy is celebrated in all dioceses of the Bulgarian Orthodox Churc ...

The Orthodox Church honors the holy great martyr Catherine on November 24 - one of the most educated women of her time. According to tradition, Cat ...

On November 17, name day is celebrated by all who bear the name Gregory, Grigoria and their derivatives. This popular saint lived in the 3rd centur ...

The Church honors St. Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, who first wrote the Gospel. Matthew, Matthew and Mateus celebrate their name day today. Matth ...

Forty days before the Savior was born, Orthodox Christians serve meatless dishes on their table to prepare for this most - a holy holiday. But if the ...