Saints and Feasts of August

The Month of August in the Orthodox Church

Martyrology of the Month of August (Fresco)

First Sunday of August - Saints and Feasts of the First Sunday of August

1 - Saints and Feasts of August 1

What I Looked For and Found in the Orthodox Church

By His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas

of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki

In the Church I met rare people, with virtue and authenticity, mature, cultured, true Christians, gentle souls. I met, dare I say, saints. I did not meet such people generally in my life. These Christians stood out differently from other people. I have to admit, I never saw signs or miracles. They were not needed.

Hieromartyr Kosmas the Aitolos (+ 1779) [1 of 2]

St. Kosmas Aitolos (Feast Day - August 24)

By Monk Moses the Athonite

The great Equal to the Apostles, the enlightener of the enslaved Nation, the wondrous, holy, glorious and beloved by the people Hieromartyr, was born in the village of Mega Dendron of Aitolia in 1714. Specifically he was from between the villages of Mega Dendron and Taxiarchae of the Trichonida Mountains in a district called Apokouro. His parents were from Epirus: "The parents of a pious son, by whom he was brought up and educated in the education and admonition of the Lord, as the Apostle says."

How One Is Led From Unbelief To Belief

By Elder Teofil Paraian

I don't know if anyone can say that they led someone else to faith by their own power.

I have followed cases, as much as I am able, where people were led to the knowledge of God back in the olden days and in our time now. As many cases as I was able to follow I learned from.

Saint John the Baptist Resource Page

 

September 5 - Holy Prophet Zechariah and his Wife Elizabeth 

 

Holy Prophet Zechariah, Father of John the Baptist, Resource Page  

 

The Cave Where Saint Elizabeth Hid With Saint John the Baptist and the Tomb of Saint Elizabeth

 

 

September 23 - Conception of Saint John the Forerunner 

 

Conception of Saint John the Baptist Resource Page
 

 

January 6 - Theophany

Orthodox Theophany (Epiphany) Resource Page

January 7 - Synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner

Synaxarion of the Synaxis of the Honorable Forerunner and Baptist John

Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist: Epistle and Gospel Reading

Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet Forerunner and Baptizer John (Sergei V. Bulgakov)

 

The Life of Saint John the Baptist (St. Sebastian Dabovich)

 

Synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

Homily on the Synaxis of the Honorable Forerunner (Archim. George Kapsanis)

Homily on Saint John the Baptist (St. Cyril of Alexandria)

John is the Voice, Jesus is the Word (St. Augustine of Hippo)

Epithets of Saint John the Baptist in the Gospels (St. Andrew of Crete)

The Veneration of John the Forerunner (St. Theodore the Studite)

Homily on Christ's Highly Revered Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John (St. Gregory Palamas)

 

Repentance as the Path to the Lord (St. Theophan the Recluse)

The Testimony of John the Baptist (St. Theophan the Recluse)

Isaiah's Prophecy of John the Forerunner (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

Saint John, the Honorable Foreunner of the Lord (A Poem of St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

What Does the Honorable Forerunner Teach Us? (Archim. George Kapsanis)

 

Father John Kalaides and his Patron Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist

 

Saint John the Forerunner as a Model for our Lives

Genesis 24 and the Mission of John the Baptist

The Miracle of the Holy Forerunner John in Chios in 1740

The Orthodox Veneration of Saint John the Baptist

John the Baptist, the Greatest Among Servants and Prophets But Not the Master and Lord

Photios Kontoglou's Vivid Description of the Icon of Saint John the Baptist

February 24 - 1st and 2nd Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner

The First and Second Finding of the Honorable Head of John the Forerunner

1st and 2nd Finding of the Head of John the Baptist

 

A Summary of the First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Baptist

 
Sozomen's Account of the Discovery of the Head of Saint John the Forerunner

The First Location Where the Head of Saint John the Baptist Was Found

May 25 - 3rd Finding of the Head of Saint John the Forerunner

Third Finding of the Honorable Head of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner

Third Finding of the Honorable Head of Saint John the Baptist: Epistle and Gospel Reading

 

Homily on the Third Finding of the Honorable Head of Saint John the Forerunner

 
The Location Where the Head of St. John the Baptist Was Found the Third Time

June 24 - Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Resource Page

August 29 - Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Resource Page

Relics and Miracles of Saint John the Forerunner

The Relics of St. John the Forerunner and Baptist

The Skull (Head) of St. John the Baptist

 

Translation from Malta to Gatchina of a Portion of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord, Together with the Philermos Icon of the Mother of God, and the Right Hand of Saint John the Baptist (1799)

The Incorrupt Right Hand of St. John the Baptist

Miracles of the Right Hand of St. John the Baptist

A Miracle of the Right Hand of St. John the Baptist in 2006

The Miracle of the Holy Forerunner John in Chios in 1740

Concerning a Merchant to Whom a Harlot Sold the Arm of St. John the Baptist

Relics Discovered in 5th Cent. Church on St. Ivan Island

Bulgaria Confirms Discovery of Relics of St. John the Baptist

Tensions Over Relics of Saint John the Baptist

Relics of John the Baptist Celebrated In Bulgaria

An Exchange of Insults Over Relics of John the Baptist

The Vatican Authenticates Bulgarian Relics of St. John the Baptist

Relics of John the Baptist Work the First Miracle

Bulgaria Looks to John the Baptist to Resurrect Flagging Economy

Bulgaria's Passion for John the Baptist: A Go-Nowhere Effort?

New Evidence Supports Authenticity of St. John the Baptist Relics

Bulgarian Bones Could Be John the Baptist's, Scientists Say

The Miracle of the Holy Forerunner John in Chios in 1740

Saint Conon the Baptizer

 

Three Miracles of Saint John the Baptist to Monks of Dionysiou Monastery

 

Two Wondrous Miracles of St. John the Forerunner in the Life of Elder Isaac of Dionysiou

St. John the Forerunner and the Multiplication of Bread at Dionysiou Monastery

 

Saint John the Baptist and the Monk Who Sought to Flee from Dionysiou Monastery

The Miracle of the Cutting of the Wine Cup

 
When Elder Bessarion of Dionysiou Saw Saint John the Baptist in a Vision

When Saint John the Forerunner Anointed Elder Bessarion of Dionysiou

 

When Saint John the Baptist Appeared to Elder Eumenios Saridakis on a Boat and Covered Him

 
Saint John the Forerunner and the Paralyzed Sexton

 

Why Confessions Should Be Made Before Priests and Not Icons

 
An Icon of Saint John the Forerunner Gushing Myrrh in Chicago

 

"The Honorable Forerunner Saved Me!": A Miracle of Saint John the Baptist in the DR Congo

 

Shrines of Saint John the Forerunner

John the Baptist Reveals the Cave of Sapsa, Where He Was Visited by the Lord

The Church of Saint John the Forerunner at the Trullo in Constantinople

Commemoration of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John next to the Taurus

The Chapel of Saint John Pratsika in Patras

The Cave of Saint John the Forerunner in Tzuba

The Feast of the Beheading of St. John in Giona, Crete

Fire Destroys Monastery of St. John the Forerunner in Serres, Greece

Documentary: Monastery of Saint John Vazelonas in Pontus

Miscellany

Recommended Patristic Studies on Saint John the Baptist

"Cephalophore" and "Self-Cephalophore" Saints

 

A Rare Icon of Christ and John the Baptist Playing at the Jordan River as Children

 

The Attributes of the Honorable Forerunner and Baptist John

By His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos

of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou

When the priest, my beloved brethren, does the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy and every other service, he commemorates after Christ various saints in the following order, namely the Panagia and Mother of Christ, the Honorable Cross, the Angels, the Honorable Forerunner and Baptist, the Apostles, the Martyrs, the venerable Fathers, the saints of the day and lastly all the saints. It thus seems clear that the Honorable Forerunner has a high position, between the Panagia and the Apostles. And this shows the great importance the Church gives to the person of the Honorable Forerunner.

A Conversation With Elder Ephraim of Arizona

The following conversation was recorded by monastic spiritual children from Greece of Elder Ephraim of Arizona, formerly of Philotheou, who visited him in May 2014 at the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great in Arizona.

When the Panagia Wept Before World War I and World War II in Rhodes

By John Sanidopoulos

Panagia Katholiki was built over the ruins of an ancient Byzantine church, and according to an inscription over the door of the narthex it was built in 1839. The epithet "Katholiki" implies that she is universally venerated.

Last week a strange phenomenon took place in Kremasti, Rhodes in the Cathedral of Panagia Katholiki a few days before its feast, which celebrates annually on August 23rd in honor of the Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos. An oil lamp hanging in front of the icon of the Panagia began to swing without ceasing, causing hundreds of Rhodians and beyond to come and witness the strange phenomenon and venerate the Panagia.

The Life and Lore of Saint Phanourios

St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly Revealed (Feast Day - August 27)

By Dr. Helen Rossidou-Koutsou (Philologist - Byzantinist)

Little and vague is our knowledge from written tradition concerning the life of Saint Phanourios (as shown by his synaxarion).

His holy icon was found accidentally on August 27th sometime after 1350, in the ruins of a church in Rhodes. Since then it was established to celebrate the Saint on the day of the discovery of his icon.

Pouqueville on Greek Fasting Practices in 1798

Francois Pouqueville in front of Ioannina (Collection du Chateau de Versailles)

When Francois Pouqueville was held hostage by the Turks in Ottoman Greece in 1798, he gained the respect of the Turks and Greeks alike as a physician, treating and curing the people who were unaware of French medical techniques. One of the practices of the impoverished and enslaved Greeks that made him question their sanity was their rigorous faithfulness and honor of the fasts of the Orthodox Church, despite having practically nothing to eat otherwise. The following is taken from his book Travels in Greece and Turkey (ch. 12):

Thoughts and Opinions on Peace from Orthodox Christian Youth

The Association of Orthodox Youth of the Sacred Metropolis of Ierissos, with the prayers of His Eminence Metropolitan Theoklitos, organized the 12th Functional Youth Meeting at the Sacred Shrine of Megali Panagia in Halkidiki, titled "Peace in our Troubled World", in August 2014.

There they studied peace with God, peace with themselves, peace with others and peace in the Church. There were also extensive discussions.

Some thoughts and opinions were very important. We have written them down, offered them and distributed them for the youth of our age.

Sunday as the Lord's Day According to St. Kosmas the Aitolos

Sacred Metropolis of Gortynos and Megalopoleos

Dimitsana - Megalopolis

Sunday 24 August 2014

A Sermon of the Metropolitan

1. Today, my Christian brethren, the 24th of August, our holy Church celebrates the memory of a great Saint, that of the Holy Hieromartyr and Equal to the Apostles Kosmas the Aitolos. He was an Athonite Hieromonk who was pained when he heard that many Christians in our enslaved Greek nation were uncatechized, and thus they changed their beliefs. This is why, with the blessing of his Elder, he left the Monastery and went on an apostolic journey, which brought him to be martyred for the love of Christ.

The Panagia is Making Her Presence Known in Rhodes

On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, Orthodox faithful in the Sacred Church of Panagia Katholiki in Kremasti, Rhodes were speaking of a miracle they all witnessed.

More specifically and according to what has so far become known, a tall woman dressed in the black of an employee at a security company entered the church on Wednesday night. She went to the central oil lamp hanging before the icon of the Panagia and gave it a swing, then she left the church and disappeared without being noticed by those in attendance.

Icon of St. Innocent of Moscow Begins Weeping at Khabarovsk Orthodox Seminary

On August 20th a strange phenomenon was witnessed in Khabarovsk when it was observed that the icon of the patron of the Theological School in the region, Saint Innocent (Veniaminov) of Moscow and missionary to Alaska, began weeping. This icon is in the chapel of the seminary.

The Unique Fresco of the Smiling Panagia in Cappadocia

A unique fresco from the 11th century in the Central Anatolian Gumusler Monastery, also called Eski Gumus (Old Silver) Monastery, depicts the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child smiling. This famous rock-cut Monastery was only rediscovered in 1963 and the smile may have been added during the restoration process.

The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (2 of 2)

...continued from part one.

Question: The Fathers, speaking the language of theology with inspiration, have established "She Who is Wider Than the Heavens" (Πλατυτέρα των Ουρανών) as being between that which is created and that which is uncreated. What does this mean?

That the Qualities of the Soul Exist by the Grace of God

By St. John of Damascus

The soul, accordingly, is a living essence, simple, incorporeal, invisible in its proper nature to bodily eyes, immortal, reasoning and intelligent, formless, making use of an organized body, and being the source of its powers of life, and growth, and sensation, and generation, nous being but its purest part and not in any wise alien to it; (for as the eye to the body, so is the nous to the soul); further it enjoys freedom and volition and energy, and is mutable, that is, it is given to change, because it is created. 

The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (1 of 2)

The following is taken from an interview on a Cypriot radio station in May of 1989 with Archimandrite Vasilios of Iveron.

Question: A famous hymn of our Church calls the Panagia "heaven": "She showed herself to be the heaven and temple of divinity" (Αὕτη γὰρ ἀνεδείχθη οὐρανὸς καὶ ναὸς τῆς θεότητος). Fr. Vasilios, would you like to discuss a little the place of "She Who is Wider Than the Heavens" (Πλατυτέρα των Ουρανών) in our Orthodox Church?

Eldress Anastasia and the Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels in Kerkyra

The Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels is in the village of Riglades in the southern part of the island of Corfu (Kerkyra).

An inscription in the Monastery indicates it was constructed in 1656, but sources say it was built between 1696-1700 by the family of Barlaam Kapodistrias to honor the Panagia who saved his sons from drowning.

Homily on the Prophet Samuel, the Fruit of Noetic Prayer (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Holy Prophet Samuel (Feast Day - August 20)

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou

The person of the Prophet Samuel, who we celebrate today, holds a great place in the Old Testament, as well as in the Church of Christ. He is one of those people who paved the way for the incarnation of the Son and Word of God and was obedient in all things to the will of God throughout his life. In today's homily we will highlight some points of his life.

"The Seer: The Life of the Prophet Samuel and its Relevance Today" (New Book by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Seer describes the life and work of the Prophet Samuel, called ‘the Seer’ and ‘the man of God’ by his contemporaries, who lived in the period of the Old Testament and is a saint of our Church (Aug. 20).

The author examines the fascinating life of the Prophet and uses events from it to illustrate the relationships between parents and children, spiritual fathers and their disciples, and rulers and those they rule from a theological perspective.

An Eye-Witness Testimonial About the Annual Bright Cloud of Mount Tabor

Every year on August 6th according to the Julian Calendar followed by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a bright cloud descends on Mount Tabor during the All-Night Vigil Service for the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ.

The following testimony comes from an older couple who travelled to the Holy Land a few years ago, and the husband was moved when he recounted his experience on Mount Tabor.

Saint Kosmas Aitolos Honored in the Village of Tsouka Where He Preached

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great missionary and martyr St. Kosmas the Aitolos, the village of Tsouka in western Fthiotida took the opportunity to honor him on Sunday August 17th. 

200 People Baptized Orthodox in the Nyamazi River of Rwanda

Georges Mana

August 18, 2014

Ierapostoli

News from the Orthodox Diocese of Burundi and Rwanda:

Today on 17th August 2014, His Grace Bishop Innocentios Byakatonda has baptized 200 people in the Nyamazi River located in the Kirehe District of the Eastern Province of Rwanda. After the baptism His Grace Bishop Innocentios conducted the Divine Liturgy in that valley where over 800 people were present.

Rocket Dropped in Orthodox Church in Ukraine Does Not Explode (photos)

Porphyry D. Staphyla
August 17, 2014
Dimpe News

On the night of the 16th into the 17th of August, the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the town of Mospyne in the region of Dontesk was hit by a rocket 1.5 meters in length by a Grad missile launcher. It entered the church after a strange orbit.

First Divine Liturgy Since 1922 Takes Place in the Last Surviving Orthodox Church in Smyrna

Stratis Balaskas
August 18, 2014
Amen.gr

A historic moment was experienced on Sunday morning in Smyrna (Izmir) for those who attended the first Divine Liturgy since 1922 in the renovated Church of Saint Boukolos (Ayavukla). This church is dedicated to the patron saint of Smyrna and is the only Orthodox Christian Church to not burn in the catastrophe of 1922. It is located in the district of Basmane and was recently renovated by the City of Izmir. From 1922 until the renovation it was used as a warehouse then as a classical music concert hall and opera house, and later initially as an archaeological museum and then as a repository of antiquities, until it was repaired.

Saints Floros and Lavros as Models for our Lives

Sts. Floros and Lavros (Feast Day - August 18)

By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas

Saints Floros and Lavros were twin brothers. They entered life on the same day and they also departed it on the same day, after giving their testimony for Christ and sealing it with the blood of their martyrdom. They lived in the first Christian centuries during a period of persecution, however it is unknown exactly when. They came from Byzantium and were catechized in the faith of Christ by Saints Proclus and Maximus, who were also martyred for Christ. Also, from these Saints they were also taught the art of stonemasonry, which they practiced and made their livelihood with. After the martyrdom of their teachers they left for Illyria and settled in the city of Ulpiana, where they continued practicing their trade. The prefect admired their skills and gave them a blueprint and the required money to build a temple to idols. The Saints distributed the money to the poor and when they built the temple - by the Grace of God and with the help of an angel, who helped and served them - they demolished the idols with the poor, and they consecrated the temple and dedicated it to the worship of the true God.

Fr. John Romanides Resource Page

"My good friend, the most pious Presbyter John Romanides, is not an ordinary theologian. He learned theology in two or three Universities and with the help of asceticism which illumined his soul. He knows four languages and is deeply educated. He is literally a monk, fed by the Holy Fathers and the holy liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, singing hymns to God 'seven times a day'."

- Elder Theoklitos Dionysiatis (Athonite Flowers, 1962)

"Take every class you can from Fr. John Romanides. He teaches the truth."

- Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra (advice to a theology student)

HIS LIFE AND THOUGHT

Theology in Greece in the 1960's

Eldress Eulambia Romanides (+ 1980)

Saint Paisios the Athonite and the Clairvoyant Eldress Eulambia Romanides

Father John Romanides: His Life and Legacy

 

Fr. John Romanides: The Theologian of Empirical Theology

 

Fr. John Romanides as a Professor of Dogmatics at Holy Cross School of Theology in Boston (1 of 7)

The Repose of Fr. John Romanides (+11/01/2001)

Recordings and Eulogies from the Funeral of Fr. John Romanides (November 6, 2001)

Kratima Dedicated to Fr. John Romanides on the Anniversary of His Repose

 

In Memory of Fr. John Romanides (+ November 1, 2001-2023)

The Relationship and Correspondence Between Fr. George Florovsky and Fr. John Romanides

My Teacher Fr. John Romanides and my Spiritual Father Fr. George Florovsky

Not A Licensed Theologian

Talking About The Devil

New Book About Fr. John Romanides' Orthodox Dogmatics Presented In Athens

The Theological Legacy of Fr. John Romanides Ten Years After His Repose

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Lecture on Fr. John Romanides (video)

The Recent Repose of the Lay Theologian Athanasios Sakarellos

Funeral Oration for Athanasios Sakarellos, A Good Brother

THEOLOGY

The Theological Works of Fr. John Romanides

Contemporary Theological Movements in Orthodoxy (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Prophetic Themes in the Orthodox Ecclesiology of Fr John Romanides

The Application of Orthodox Theology

The Polemical Nature of Theology

The Orthodox Approach to Apologetics and Theological Knowledge

A Question Concerning the Knowledge of God and Orthodox Gnosiology

Can We Know God Through Mathematics?

The Faith of the Mind and the Faith of the Heart

How To Interpret Holy Scripture as an Orthodox Theologian

Angels in the Teaching of Fr. John Romanides

Fr. John Romanides, the Angel of Great Counsel, and Iconography

The Messiah in the Old and New Testaments

Theosis in the New Testament is called "Glorification"

The Term 'Kingdom of God' Is Not In the New Testament

"That They All May Be One" Patristically Explained

Salvation According to Saint Paul

Salvation and Ethics in St. Ignatius of Antioch

Purification, Illumination and Glorification Are EVERYTHING in Orthodoxy (1 of 3)

Purification, Illumination and Glorification Are EVERYTHING in Orthodoxy (2 of 3)

Purification, Illumination and Glorification Are EVERYTHING in Orthodoxy (3 of 3)

Does Baptism Really Make a Person the Temple of God?

Who Can Receive Holy Communion Every Sunday?

The Criterion for Whether of Not the Church is in a Good State

What are the Criteria for an Ecumenical Synod?

The Myth of Only Seven Ecumenical Councils

The Basis of the Acceptance of the Tome of Leo (Fr. John Romanides)

The Christological Teaching of St. John of Damascus (Fr. John Romanides)

 

New Book on the Christology of Fr. John Romanides to be Published

God and the Devil

Justin Martyr and the Fourth Gospel

Why We Read the Gospel of John After Pascha and Not Before

Christ Ascended on a Cloud of Uncreated Glory (Fr. John Romanides)

 

Paradise and Hell in the Orthodox Tradition

"The Life in Christ" by Fr. John Romanides

"On the Church" by Fr. John Romanides

The Ecclesiology of St. Ignatius of Antioch

Apostolic Tradition and Apostolic Succession in the Mystery of the Church

The Purpose of Man According to the Greek Fathers

The Theological School of the Apostolic Church

Who Is A Saint? (Fr. John Romanides)

That the Qualities of the Soul Exist by the Grace of God

What is the Difference Between Orthodox Christians and Heretics?

Is Saint Augustine of Hippo A Father of the Church?

A Response To Errors About Fr. John Romanides in the Book "Orthodox Readings of Augustine"

Saints John Cassian, Vincent of Lerins and Faustus of Riez Were Not Semi-Pelagians

Saint Patrick and Unceasing Prayer of the Heart

The Areopagite in 20th Century Orthodoxy

Dialogue Between A Scholastic Theologian and an Orthodox Theologian

"Mystical" Theology or "Secret" Theology

Why The Filioque Is A Heresy

Protopresbyter John Romanides's Teaching on Creation

Do the Saints Have Unerring Knowledge of Scientific Matters?

Scientific Progress as Related to Frankish Civilization and Romanity

Scientific Progress, Frankish Civilization and Romanity

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (1 of 6)

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (2 of 6)

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (3 of 6)

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (4 of 6)

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (5 of 6)

Fr. John Romanides on the Creation of the World and Man (6 of 6)

Christian Perfection and the Mystery of the Cross (1 of 3)

Christian Perfection and the Mystery of the Cross (2 of 3)

Christian Perfection and the Mystery of the Cross (3 of 3)

The Mystery of Pentecost According to Fr. John Romanides

The Sunday of All Saints and the Purpose of Orthodoxy

Two Introductory Books on Modern Orthodox Spirituality Recommended by Fr. John Romanides


HISTORY

Fr. John Romanides as a Historian

The Term "Romiosini" According to Fr. John Romanides

Orthodoxy as the Official Religion of the Roman State

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (1 of 6)

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (2 of 6)

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (3 of 6)

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (4 of 6)

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (5 of 6)

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (6 of 6)

The Donation of Constantine

Fr. John Romanides on Robin Hood and Orthodoxy

Scientific Progress, Frankish Civilization and Romanity

A Greek or a Roman Revolution?

The Revival of Romiosini in the Thought of Romanides and Yannaras

The Romiosini of 1821 and the Great Powers (Fr. John Romanides)

 

Romanism and Costes Palamas

 

 

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

 

The Contemporary Problems of the Church According to Father John Romanides

The Orthodox: Arrival and Dialogue (Fr. John Romanides) - Part 1 of 5

 

The Orthodox: Arrival and Dialogue (Fr. John Romanides) - Part 2 of 5

 

The Orthodox: Arrival and Dialogue (Fr. John Romanides) - Part 3 of 5

 

The Orthodox: Arrival and Dialogue (Fr. John Romanides) - Part 4 of 5

 

The Orthodox: Arrival and Dialogue (Fr. John Romanides) - Part 5 of 5

A Greek Orthodox View of Ecumenism (1 of 2)

A Greek Orthodox View of Ecumenism (2 of 2)

Fr. John Romanides and Neo-Barlaamism

The Prophetic Letter of Fr. John Romanides to Fr. Theoklitos Dionysiatis

Elder Ephraim of the Holy Mountain and Arizona

Fr. John Romanides' Encounter With the Zoe Brotherhood

The Sickness of Religion at Harvard (the Discovery of the Lost Correspondence Between Fr. John Romanides and Harvard University)

The Three Hierarchs and the Greek Emphasis on Hellenism

Fr. John Romanides On Moralism

Is Orthodoxy a Religion?

The Birth of Christ Celebrates the End of the Sickness of Religion

Fr. John Romanides on Extraterrestrial Alien Life

"For the Sake of the World: The Spirit of Buddhist and Christian Monasticism" (Book Review by Fr. John Romanides)

On So-Called Neo-Chalcedonianism

A Critique of the Holy Synod in Resistance

On the Application of the Term "Theologoumenon"

Gregory Palamas in Eastern and Western Theological Thought: A Summary

Neopatristic, Postpatristic and Contextual "Theology"

The Dangers of Parisian Theology

Nationalism in the Conflict Between Muslims and Romans

On Conservatives and Liberals

National Healthcare and the Church-State Relationship in Byzantium

The Diplomatic Potential of Romanity in the 21st Century

The Theological Concerns of Father Ephraim, Abbot of Vatopaidi Monastery

Life and Veneration of Saint Stamatios of Volos (+ 1680)

St. Stamatios of Volos (Feast Day - August 16)

Biography and Martyrdom

Information about the life of Saint Stamatios come from three sources: his contemporary John Kariophyllis, who wrote a short account about the Neomartyr, Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite also wrote about him in his New Martyrology, in which he refers to his source John Kariophyllis but also indicates a different date for his martyrdom, and the Athonite monk Iakovos Kophos of New Skete, who along with the martyrdom also wrote a Service of Praise in his honor in 1860.

A Tenth Century Icon of the Holy Mandylion from Sinai

By Hierodeacon Silouan Peponakis

In the Old Testament, in the books of 1 and 2 Deuteronomy, there is clear reference to the prohibition of the worship of other gods, as well as a prohibition against the depiction of divine images as a prerequisite to the realization of this divine commandment given to the chosen people for their entrance into the Land of Promise. The Promised Land is a prefigurement, an image of the Kingdom of God (Leonid Ouspensky, The Theology of the Icon in the Orthodox Church).

Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

Verses

That the world-saving Maiden died is no marvel,

Since, in the flesh, the world’s Maker died also.

God’s Mother lives forever, though she died on the fifteenth.

 

The Holy Cross (August 1-15)

 

Holy Cross Resource Page

  

Synaxarion for the Forefeast of the Procession of the Holy Cross

  

Feast of the Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Cross From August 1 - 14

  

The Healing Properties of the True Cross in Constantinople

  

 

August 1 - Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa

  

Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa at the Church of Saint George in Tavros of Attica

  

 

August 6 - Transfiguration of Christ

  

Transfiguration of Christ Resource Page

  

 

August 12 - Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

 

Synaxarion of the Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

  

 

About the Feast of the Dormition   

 

Synaxarion of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

Dormition of the Theotokos: Epistle and Gospel Reading

 

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Fast and Preparation for the Feast of the Dormition

  

Why We Fast for the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Symeon of Thessaloniki)

 

The Dormition Fast

  

The Dormition Fast

  

Fasting Resource Page

  

August: the Month of the Panagia - the Summer Pascha

  

August 15th: "The Summer Pascha"

 

  

Homilies on the Dormition 

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Dionysius the Areopagite)

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Gregory of Tours)

  

First Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Second Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Third Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

The Relationship Between Saint John of Damascus and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition 

 

Encomium on the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos (St. Theodore the Studite)

  

The Relationship Between Saint Gregory Palamas and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

On the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Reflection on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily One on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Two on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Three on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Four on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

God Guides the Humble (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

The Panagia: the Joy of All Christians (Photios Kontoglou) 

  

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica)

  

Homily on the All-Revered Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Elder Philotheos Zervakos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes)

 

“In Falling Asleep You Did Not Abandon the World, O Theotokos" (Metr. Nikodemos of Patras)

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Three on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

The Mother of God's Fifteen Days of August Has Arrived (Monk Moses the Athonite) 

 

The Divinely Exquisite Fifteenth of August (Monk Moses the Athonite)

  

Our Mom (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

  

"O Daughter of Adam and Mother of God" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

The Theotokophilia of Saint Kosmas the Aitolos (Metr. Jeremiah of Gortynos)

 

A Glorious Dormition: 2021 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Theological August: 2022 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Immortality in Christ: 2023 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Genuine and True Celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

A Commentary on the Theology of the Apolytikion of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Celebrating Ecclesiastical Festivals in a Godly Way (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

The Glory and Honor of our Mother the Panagia (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Theotokos and Mother of the Light (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Motherhood of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Three Ways the Panagia Magnified the Lord (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos and Orthodox Tradition (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Relationship of the Panagia with Orthodox Ecclesiology (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

The Theotokos and the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos in the Iconography of the Byzantine Temple (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Panagia, the Holy One of the Holies (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafaktos)

 

The Mother of God as "Eye" and "Earth" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)   

 

The Mother of God as "Sea" and "Mountain" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)   

  

The Most Exciting Person In History (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaias)

 

The Six Characteristics of the Panagia as a Model for our Lives (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaia) 

 

The Dormition of the Mother of Life (Prof. George Mantzaridis)

The Mother of Life and the Mother of Us All

  

The Theotokos: The First Divinized Human Being 

 

 

Liturgical Services of the Dormition

  

The History of the Small Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

The History of the Great Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

Despair and Hope in the Great Supplication to the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos (Alexandros Papadiamantis)

  

The Thief Who Prayed Daily To the Theotokos

  

The Unique Eight Toned Hymn of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Lamentations of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Annual Lamentations of the Theotokos at the Gerokomeio Monastery in Patras

  

Video: Lamentations and Hymns of the Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

The Lamentations of the Theotokos In Worship

  

The Ceremony of the Lifting of the Panagia

 

  

Miscellany on the Dormition

 

What Humanity Gained Through the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How Old Was the Theotokos When She Reposed?

 

The Age of the Theotokos at the Time of her Dormition

  

The Panagia and Medicine: The Expectation of a Miracle

  

An Interpretation of the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How the Icon of the Dormition Shows the Mystery of the Church

  

The Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos as an Icon of the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

The Mystery of the Cross in the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

A Strange Scene in the Icon of the Dormition

 

The Vision of the Theotokos Communing the Weary Fathers

 

Approaching the Panagia on a Daily Basis According to Saint Paisios

 

When the Mother of God Sent Aid to Saint Paisios the Athonite

  

Elder Paisios' Favorite Icon of the Panagia

 

Saint Methodios of Byzantium and His Long Beard 

 

Why Catholicism Formulated the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Greece

  

August 15th Customs and Traditions In Greece

 

August 15th Celebrations in Greece for the Virgin Mary

 

How Six Places in Mainland Greece Celebrate the Dormition on August 15th

  

Panagia Evangelistria of Tinos Resource Page

  

Panagia Fidousa (Snakes of the Panagia) Resource Page

 

The Miracle with the Lilies of the Panagia Gravalliotissa in Pastra, Kefallonia

 

The Monastery of Panagia Agrilion in Sami of Kefallonia, Which Hosted Saint Kosmas Aitolos in 1777 and Lord Byron in 1823 

  

The Miracle of Panagia Malevi for the Young Andrew

 

"The Panagia Came to Life in Her Icon!": Testimony of a Miracle Associated With Panagia Varnakova

 

"I Went and Bought the Biggest Lamp": A Man Recounts a Miracle of the Panagia Varnakova

 

The Litany of Panagia of Tripolitsa in Tripoli

  

Synaxis of the Panagia Voulkaniotissa in Messinia

  

The Panagia Loves the Beauty of Her Monasteries

  

The Monastery of Panagia Kosmosotira in Feres 

  

The Chapel of Panagia Krifti (The Hidden Panagia) 

 

The Veneration of the Panagia on the Island of Santorini

 

Panagia of Mikrokastrou and the Dormition Monastery

  

The Castle of the Panagia in Leros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Kavouradaina in Leros 

 

Panagia Gourlomata of Leros

 

The Monastery of Panagia Panachrantos in Andros

  

Chapel of Panagia Thalassini in Andros

 

Panagia Myrtidiotissa ("Of the Myrtle Tree") of Kythera

 

Panagia Thalassomahousa of Strofades Monastery

  

The Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa in Aegina

  

The Monastery of Panagia Spiliani in Nisiros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Makrini in Samos

  

The Monastery of Panagia of "Toso Nero" In Sifnos 

 

Synaxis of Panagia Ypseni in Rhodes

  

The Church of Panagia Prekla in Skiathos

  

Monastery of the Panagia Kyparissiotissa and Saint Hierotheos in Megara  

 

Worshipping Among Stylites!

  

Synaxis of All Saints of Lefkados 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations On Mount Athos

  

The Athonite Island of Kyra Panagia 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Cyprus

 

Synaxis of Panagia Trikoukiotissa in Cyprus

 

The Monastery of Panagia Trooditissa in Cyprus

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Asia Minor

  

Panagia Soumela Resource Page

 

Greeks Look To Revive Identity on Gökçeada (Imvros)

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In the Holy Land

  

The Feast of the Dormition at the Tomb of Mary in Gethsemane

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos in Gethsemane (photos and videos) 

 

The Miraculous Panagia of Jerusalem Icon 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Bulgaria

  

Bulgaria Honors Dormition of Mary

 

  

August 15th Celebrations in Serbia

  

The Miraculous Spring of the Theotokos in Bačko Petrovo Selo   

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Romania

 

Romania Adds August 15 Among Free Days For Workers 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Russia

 

12 Greeks Who Built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Georgia 

  

Georgian President Pardons 201 Prisoners For the Feast of the Dormition

 

  

August 18 - Panagia Pantanassa (Celebrated this day in Russia)

 

 A Hymn to Panagia Pantanassa By Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi

  

 

August 19 - Donskoi Icon of the Mother of God

  

The Donskoi Icon of the Mother of God

  

 

August 23 - Apodosis of the Feast of the Dormition

  

Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

  

 

August 31 - The Placement of the Holy Zoni of the Theotokos

  

Holy Zoni (Girdle) of the Theotokos Resource Page