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Showing posts with label Saints of October. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saints of October. Show all posts
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Parallels Between the Legend of the Seven Youths of Ephesus and Gothic Literature

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As I was reading some things about the Seven Youths of Ephesus yesterday for their feast, I was noticing some parallels between the story an...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Homily for the Commemoration of the Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Holy Martyr Justina (Fr. Daniel Sysoev)

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Homily for the Commemoration of the  Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Holy Martyr Justina  October 2   By Fr. Daniel Sysoev In the name of t...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Saint Hilarion the Great as an Exorcist

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By St. Dimitri of Rostov   1. The servant and driver of a certain nobleman of Gaza was set upon by a demon as he was driving his carriage. ...
Monday, October 18, 2021

The Dragon of Mega Spelaion

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Mega Spelaion, or Great Cave, is a large cave near Kalavryta, in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Today a monastery is there kn...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Saint Athanasios the Demon-Destroyer, Archbishop of Trebizond

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St. Athanasios the Demon-Destroyer (Feast Day - October 11) On October 11, 2020 the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Oraiokastro,...
Friday, October 2, 2020

The Incorrupt Right Arm of Saint Cyprian in his Church in Bucharest and Some of It's Terrifying Tales

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In the Zlatari Church, or Church of Saint Cyprian, of Bucharest, Romania is a wonderworking relic that faithful Christi...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Saints Lucian and Marcian: Two Former Magicians Who Died for their Faith in Christ

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Sts. Lucian and Marcian the Martyrs (Feast Day - October 26) The Holy Martyrs Lucian and Marcian, living in the darkness of idolatry, ap...
Monday, November 20, 2017

The Christian History of the Gargoyle

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Gargoyles and Saints of Siena Cathedral In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey wate...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

A Case of Vampirism in the Lives of the Saints?

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By John Sanidopoulos The English author and clergyman Montague Summers published a heavily researched book on vampires in 1928 titled The ...
Monday, October 2, 2017

The Confession of Saint Cyprian of Antioch

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All you who take offence at the mysteries of Christ, take a look at my tears, and take notice of the power of all that is contained in them...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

The Demon That Was Subject to Saint Abercius

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Saint Abercius was the Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180). During a pagan celebration on...
Monday, October 17, 2016

The Saint Who Was Buried By Twelve Demoniacs

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St. Andrew who is at Krisi (Feast Day - October 17) Saint Andrew, who came from Crete, lived during the reign of the iconoclast Emperor ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

St. Artemios and the Exorcism of the Black Crow

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In the seventh century an Anonymous author compiled a number of miracles of Saint Artemios the Great Martyr (Oct. 20), whose healing activ...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Life of Saints Cyprian and Justina the Martyrs

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Sts. Cyprian and Justina (Feast Day - October 2) Sts. Cyprian and Justina are the patron saints of those afflicted from spells, curses, wi...