Orthodox America; Issue 5; Vol. I, No. 5 A Dedicated Servant of God More than 1,600 years ago, in the year 270 AD, St. Nicholas was born not far from Myra, in a land that is now part of the country of Turkey. In those days Orthodox Christians were persecuted for their faith. It wasn’t…
480-1980 This year marks the l500th anniversary of the birth of one of the great Orthodox monastic fathers of the West In the year 480 a twin boy and girl were. born into a noble Roman family in southern Italy. Sharing the same womb, they were also destined to share the struggle for virtue and,…
Orthodox America; Issue 3; Vol. I, No. 3 340-397 A.D.Commemorated December 29 Born in 340, the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul, St. Ambrose returned to Italy with his mother and his sister, St. Marcellina, after the death of their father. There he studied and became such a gifted orator and lawyer that the…
Orthodox America; Issue 3; Vol. I, No. 3 329-379 A.D. Commemorated January 1 and 30 This fearless champion of the Orthodox Faith, St. Basil the Great, was born in Caesarea in 329. His family was adorned by many saints, including his paternal grandmother, his father, his mother St. Emmella, his sister St, Macrina, and his…
Orthodox America; Issue 2; Vol I, No. 2 540-604 A.D. Commemorated March 12 This Father of the Church was born in Rome around 540 A.D. It was said that his education was that of a “saint among saints” because his mother, Sylvia, and all four aunts all became saints. At the age of 30 he…
Orthodox America; Issue 2; Vol I, No. 2 347-407 A.D. Commemorated Sept.14, Jan.27, and Jan.30 St. John, called “Chrysostom” or “Golden Mouth”, was born in Antioch, the city where the followers of Christ were first called Christians, in 347. After completing his education, he entered the practice of law and then, in his early twenties,…
Orthodox America; Issue 1; Volume I, No. 1 Commemorated March 17 The great Apostle and Enlightener of Ireland, St. Patrick, was born to a noble Roman family of Gaul or Britain in the year 387. At the age of 16 he was carried off by Irish marauders and sold as a slave to an Irish chieftain, who put him…
Orthodox America; Issue 1; Volume I, No. 1 Commemorated March 18 “But in learning the Faith and in professing it, acquire and keep that only, which is now delivered to thee by the Church, and which has been built up strongly out of all the Scriptures….For the articles of the Faith were not composed as seemed good to men;…
