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20th Annual Annunciation NYC Mistletoe Gala
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church New York City held its Emerald 20th Annual Stewardship and Mistletoe Galas on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the Harvard Club of New York City in Midtown Manhattan, ...
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Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parios
This Saint lived during the time of the Iconoclasts, and because of his exceptional and virtuous life became Bishop of Parium. He suffered many hardships, afflictions, and persecutions from the ...
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Hermias the Martyr at Comana
According to some, this Martyr strove in contest during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, also called Antoninus (161-180); according to others, it was in the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161). Already an ...
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Luke the Evangelist
This Apostle was an Antiochean, a physician by trade, and a disciple and companion of Paul. He wrote his Gospel in Greek after Matthew and Mark, after which he wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and ...
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Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage
These Saints were from Africa, and they all contested during the reign of Decius, in 251. After many torments, they were beheaded at the command of Fortunatus the Governor. All the powers of Heaven ...
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Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your ...
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Mark, Aristarchos, and Zenon, Apostles of the 70
O Holy Apostle Aristarchus, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.
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Justinian the Emperor and his wife Theodora
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Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge
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Amos the Prophet
The Prophet Amos was from the city of Thekoue of the land of Zabulon. He was an unlearned man, a shepherd of goats and sheep, as he testifies concerning himself (Amos 7:14-15). He began to prophesy ...
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Finding of the relics of Zachariah the Prophet, Father of the Holy Forerunner
As we celebrate the memory of Thy Prophet Zachariah, O Lord, through him we beseech Thee to save our souls.
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Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries
These Saints lived during the years of Diocletian. Saint Cyrus was from Alexandria, and Saint John was from Edessa of Mesopotamia. Because of the persecution of that time, Cyrus fled to the Gulf of ...