St.
Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia, Bishop and Confessor
St.
Nicholas, one of the best-loved saints of the Eastern Church, was born
(according to tradition) about 270 A.D. in Patara, Lycia, Asia Minor. His
birth is commemorated on 29 July. He died 6 December 345 or 352 A.D. and is
commemorated on the anniversary of his death as well as on 9 May, the memorial
of the translation of his relics in 1087, from Myra in Asia Minor to Bari,
Italy. (His relics reached Bari on that date.)
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St.
Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
He
was born in Nazianzus, Cappadocia, c.329 and died in the same place 25 January
390 A.D. Also known as St. Gregory Nazianzus, in 379 he was elected
twenty-ninth patriarch of Constantinople. Famous for his masterful sermons and
writings against the Arian heresy, in 381 he presided over the second
Ecumenical Council. His feastday is the anniversary of his repose.
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St.
Maximos the Confessor
Also
known as St. Maximos of Constantinople and as St. Maximos the Theologian, this
saint was a fearless opponent of the Monotheistic heresy and courageous
defender of the prerogatives of the Bishop of Rome. He was born in
Constantinople c. 580, he died in exile 13 August 662 in Colchis on the
eastern shore of the Black Sea. His feastdays are 21 January and 13 August,
the commemoration of his repose.
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St.
Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
Long
regarded by the Latin Church as an archheretic, more careful research has
entirely cleared his name as “the chief author of the great schism between
East and West.” A man of astonishing learning, St. Photius firmly stood for
his convictions throughout his two terms as patriarch, (858-867 and 878-886).
He is especially honoured as the teacher and associate of St. Cyril and St.
Methodius. His feastday is 6 February.
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St.
Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs
Born
in Thessalonica, Greece c.826 to a noble family, the missionary zeal of St.
Cyril and his brother, St. Methodius, changed the course of history for the
entire Slavic people. He died as a monk in Rome 14 February 869. His feastday
is 14 February. On 31 December 1980 Pope John Paul II proclaimed the two
brothers, St. Cyril and St. Methodius, together with St. Benedict, co-patrons
of Europe.
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St.
Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of the Slavs and Archbishop of
Moravia and Pannonia
An
older brother to St. Cyril, St. Methodius was born in Thessalonica c. 815.
Early in 863, in company with St. Cyril, St. Methodius set off, with their
newly translated Slavic texts, for Great Moravia. Here St. Methodius served as
archbishop from 869 to 870 and from 873 to 885. He died 6 April 885; his
feastday is the anniversary of his repose. Together with his brother he is
also commemorated on 11 May.
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