The Holy icon of Our Lady of Volokolamsk is a copy of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir and is kept in the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the Kremlin. The icon was transferred from the Dormition Monastery of Zvenigorod by Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk († 9 September) at 2 March of the year 1572.

The Holy Martyrs Basiliskos, Eutropius and Cleonikos came from Amasia on the Pontus and lived during the time of Emperor Maximian (286 – 305 A.D.). They were soldiers and relatives of Saint Theodore of Tiron. All Christians were sent to the ruler Asclepiodotus, who arrested them and tortured them cruelly. But the Martyrs, after the Lord and the Holy Great Martyr Theodore appeared to them, they became healthy. Read more "

Saint Theodoritos was a Presbyter of the Church of Antioch and lived during the time of the emperor Julian the Transgressor (360 – 363 A.D.). When the emperor's uncle, who was also called Julian and was previously a Christian and reader of the Church of Antioch, he became an idolater, he turned against the priests of the city and destroyed the holy offerings. Then Elder Theodoritos was also arrested, whom they hanged and tore out his ribs. Read more "

Saint John lived in the 9th century AD. and he was patriarch in Georgia from 1033 up to 1048. Before his election, as Patriarch, he had secluded himself in the monastery of Kalipos, in Antioch of Syria, where many Georgian monks lived. Saint John slept in peace for the year 1048

Ἡ Ἁγία Μάρτυς Εὐδοκία καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν Ἠλιούπολη, τῆς ἐπαρχίας Λιβανησίας Φοινίκης καὶ ἔζησε κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος Τραϊανοῦ (98 – 117 A.D.). Στὸν πρότερό της βίο ζοῦσε ζωὴ ἀκόλαστη μέσα στὰ πάθη καὶ τὴν ἁμαρτία. Ὅμως ἡ Χάρη τοῦ Θεοῦ φώτισε τὴν καρδιά της καὶ μὲ τὶς νουθεσίες κάποιου γέροντος μοναχοῦ, ποὺ ὀνομαζόταν Γερμανός, μετανόησε. Στὴν συνέχεια, ἀφοῦ εἶδε ὀπτασία, προσῆλθε στὸν Ἐπίσκοπο Θεόδοτο καὶ βαπτίσθηκε. Ἡ ὀπτασία ἦταν ἡ ἑξῆς: Read more "

Ἡ Ἁγία Μάρτυς Ἀντωνίνα καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν πόλη Νίκαια τῆς Βιθυνίας καὶ ἔζησε κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα Μαξιμιανοῦ (286 – 305 A.D.). Ὄντας Χριστιανή, φανερώθηκε στὸν Μαξιμιανό, ὅταν ἀναχώρησε γιὰ τὴν Νίκαια καὶ ὁμολόγησε μὲ τόλμη γνώμης τὸν Χριστό. Γι’ αὐτὸ βασανίσθηκε καὶ ὁδηγήθηκε στὴ φυλακή. Ἀφοῦ τὴν ἔβγαλαν ἀπὸ τὴ φυλακή, τὴν πίεσαν μὲ τὴν βία νὰ ἀρνηθεῖ τὸν Χριστό. Read more "

Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαβὶδ καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν Οὐαλία καὶ ἀνατράφηκε μὲ παιδεία καὶ νουθεσία Κυρίου. Ἀπὸ νεαρὰ ἡλικία ἀκολούθησε τὸ μοναχικὸ βίο καὶ ἐκάρη μοναχός. Ἀποσύρθηκε στὴ νῆσο τοῦ Οὐάϊτ, καθοδηγούμενος ἀπὸ τὸν Γέροντα Παυλίνο. Κήρυξε πρὸς τοὺς Βρετανοὺς καὶ ἀνοικοδόμησε ναὸ στὴν πόλη Γκλαστένμπουρυ, ὅπου κατὰ τὴν παράδοση κήρυξε ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας ποὺ εἶχε, κατὰ τὴν παράδοση, μαζί του τὸ Ποτήριον τοῦ Μυστικοῦ Δείπνου καὶ τὸν Ἀκάνθινο Στέφανο τοῦ Κυρίου. Read more "

Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτύριος τοῦ Ζελένσκ, κατὰ κόσμον Μηνᾶς, γεννήθηκε στὴν πόλη Βελίκι Λούκι τῆς Ρωσίας κατὰ τὸν 16ο αἰῶνα μ.Χ. ἀπὸ γονεῖς εὐσεβεῖς καὶ φιλόθεους, τὸν Κοσμᾶ καὶ τὴν Σταφανίδα, οἱ ὁποῖοι πέθαναν δέκα χρόνια μετὰ τὴν γέννησή του. Τὴν κατὰ Θεὸν διαπαιδαγώγησή του καὶ φροντίδα τοῦ μικροῦ Μηνᾶ ἀνέλαβε ἕνας πνευματικὸς καὶ ἀγαθὸς λευΐτης τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ Εὐαγγελισμοῦ τῆς γενέτειράς του, ποὺ λίγο ἀργότερα ἔγινε μοναχὸς στὴ μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδος καὶ ὀνομάστηκε Βογολέπιος. Read more "