Saints and Feasts: Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island in Solovki
Saint Eleazar of Anzersk was born in the city of Kozelsk into the merchant family Severiukov. With the blessing of his parents he went off to the Solovki monastery, where … Continue reading
January 13, 2014 · Leave a comment
Saints and Feasts: Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, in the world Theodore, was descended from the illustrious noble lineage of the Kolichevi, occupying a prominent place in the Boyar duma at the court … Continue reading
January 9, 2014 · Leave a comment
Saints and Feasts: Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk
Saint Diodorus of Yuregorsk was born in the village of Turchasovo at the River Onega. His parents, Jerothei and Maria, named their son Diomid. As a fifteen-year-old youth he went … Continue reading
November 20, 2013 · Leave a comment