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Lives of the Saints
The saints themselves lead you through their lives — from birth to glorification. Each story retells an authentic life in the first person, with the source beneath every passage.
Venerable Anthony the Great
Commemorated: 17 (30) January
Great-Martyr Barbara of Heliopolis
Commemorated: 4 (17) December
Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Commemorated: January 1 (14) · January 30 (February 12) — Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs
Great-Martyr Catherine of Alexandria
Commemorated: 24 November (7 December)
Great-Martyr George the Trophy-Bearer
Commemorated: 23 April (6 May) · 3 (16) November — consecration of the church in Lydda
Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
Commemorated: Conception 23 September (6 October) · Nativity 24 June (7 July) · Synaxis 7 (20) January · First and Second Finding of the Head 24 February (9 March) · Third Finding of the Head 25 May (7 June) · Beheading 29 August (11 September)
Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
Commemorated: 13 (26) November · 27 January (9 February) — Translation of the Relics · 30 January (12 February) — Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs
Venerable Mary of Egypt
Commemorated: April 1 (14) · Fifth Sunday of Great Lent; Thursday of the Fifth Week — “Mary’s Standing”
Blessed Matrona of Moscow (Nikonova)
Commemorated: 19 April (2 May) · 23 February (8 March) — Finding of the Relics
Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker
Commemorated: December 6 (19) · May 9 (22) — the Translation of the Relics to Bari
Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina, Enlightener of Georgia
Commemorated: 14 (27) January
Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Commemorated: 27 July (9 August)
Venerable Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov
Commemorated: 2 (15) January — Repose · 19 July (1 August) — Birth and Glorification
Venerable Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, Wonderworker of All Russia
Commemorated: 25 September (8 October) · 5 (18) July — Finding of the Relics
Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous, Wonderworker
Commemorated: December 12 (25)
Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, Fool-for-Christ
Commemorated: 24 January (6 February) — Repose · 24 May (6 June) — Glorification