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Showing posts with label Orthodoxy in France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orthodoxy in France. Show all posts
June 28, 2022

René-Nicolas Ehni, Well-Known and Controversial French Author and Playright Who Converted to Greek Orthodoxy, Has Reposed

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René-Nicolas Ehni was born on 29 April 1935, in Rixheim of the Alsace region of France, into a Jewish working class family. He lived as a ch...
April 2, 2021

Rare Film Footage of Notable Russian Orthodox Thinkers at the St. Sergius Institute of Paris Between 1926 and 1934

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While all the seminaries in Russia were closed, the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris stood as the only Russian seminary...
February 13, 2021

Commemoration of the Appearance of Christ to Saint Martin of Tours

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On February 13, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the appearance of Christ to Saint Martin of Tours. From childhood, Saint Martin was...
November 30, 2020

The Incorrupt Right Foot of the Apostle Andrew in th Cathédral Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en-Provence

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  After the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 by the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, the relics of the Apostle Andrew ended up in Italy, ...
October 21, 2020

The Only Case of a Stylite in the Western World

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    In 591 Saint Vulfilaic (also known as Wulphy, Walfroy, Wulflaicus), a monk of Lombardy, had a pillar erected for him at Treves, and sto...
September 10, 2019

Saint Autbert, Bishop of Avranches, Founder of the Monastery of Mont-St-Michel on the Normandy Coast (+ 720)

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St. Aubert of Avranches (Feast Day - September 10) Saint Aubert lived in Gaul during the reign of Childebert III (695-711) and died abou...
July 10, 2019

Saint Amalia of Maubeuge (+ 690)

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Saint Amalia of Maubeuge, also known as Amalberga, was born around 640 in Liege of the Walloon Region within present Belgium. She is said t...
June 10, 2019

Saint Landry, Bishop of Paris (+ 661)

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Saint Landry (Landericus) was chief clerk of the Royal Chancery. In 650, he succeeded Audobertus as Bishop of Paris. During the famine of 6...
June 2, 2019

Holy Martyrs Killed in the Persecution in Lyon in 177 A.D.

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Holy Martyrs of Lyon (Feast Day - July 25 and August 23); Photo shows the Amphithéâtre des Trois-Gaules, in Lyon. The pole in the arena ...
May 28, 2019

Saint Germain, Bishop of Paris (+ 576)

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St. Germain of Paris (Feast Day - May 28) Saint Germain was born near Autun in what is now France in 496 to noble Gallo-Roman parents. G...
April 18, 2019

History and Authenticity of the Relic of the Crown of Thorns

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By John Sanidopoulos A few days ago a relic purported to be the Crown of Thorns placed on the head of Jesus during his Passion was saved f...
April 16, 2019

The True History of the Palatine Cross in Notre Dame Cathedral

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By John Sanidopoulos Among the most revered relics of the treasury of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a reliquary cross that contains a s...
April 7, 2019

Eldress Mary Magdalene (Marie Madeleine Le Beller), Hermitess of Sinai (+ 2013)

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The most-venerable Eldress Mary Magdalene, known in the world as Marie Madeleine Le Beller, was from Paris and went to the Holy Land on a p...
January 30, 2019

Saint Bathild, Queen of France and Nun of Chelles (+ 680)

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St. Bathild of Chelles (Feast Day - January 30) Saint Bathild was an Anglo-Saxon slave-girl who was sold by Danish raiders into the hou...
December 27, 2018

Miracles of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr in Sixth Century France

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By St. Gregory of Tours ( Glory of the Martyrs , 33) Stephen was the first deacon of the holy church and the first martyr at Jerusalem, a...
December 12, 2018

Saint Abra, Daughter of Hilary of Poitiers (+ 360)

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St. Abra of Poitiers (Feast Day - December 12) Saint Abra was the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers, born around 343. She was born before h...
November 30, 2018

Saint Tudwal, Bishop of Treguier (+ 564)

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St. Tudwal (Feast Day - November 30) Saint Tudwal, or Tugdual, is known as one of the Seven Patron Saints of Brittany. The Welsh monk Tu...
November 13, 2018

Saint Quintianus, Bishop of Rodez (+ 525)

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St. Quintianus of Rodez (Feast Day - November 13) Saint Quintianus was a Bishop of Rodez and a Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand (Arvernes) in ...
August 23, 2018

Holy Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (+ 202)

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St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Feast Day - August 23) Verses Irenaeus speedily flees the earth by the sword, With eros going towards the heave...
July 31, 2018

Saint Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre (+ 448)

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St. Germanus of Auxerre (Feast Day - July 31) Saint Germanus was born at Auxerre around 389, the son of Rusticus and Germanilla, and his...