ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY THEN AND NOW

St. Sophrony of Essex (Feast Day - July 11) Verses Sophronios greatly shined in his life, Now he more than shines in the chorus of the Sai...

St. Meriadoc, Bishop of Vannes (Feast Day - June 7) Saint Meriadoc (Meriadec, Meriasek), though venerated especially in Cornwall and Brittan...

St. Aristobulus of Britain (Feast Day - March 15)  By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas Saint Aristobulus was considered a brother of t...

St. David of Wales (Feast Day - March 1)   Saint David was the son of King Sant, a prince of Cardigan in far western Wales. All the informat...

By Rev. Alban Butler (1710-1773) ( Lives of the Saints ) St. Columba, commonly pronounced Colme, was one of the greatest patriarchs of th...

Saint Cedd was a missionary and Bishop of Essex who spread the Christian faith throughout England during the seventh century. He is commemo...

St. Erconwald of London (Feast Day - April 30) Believed to be an early convert of the mission led by Saint Mellitus, Erconwald founded t...

St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (+ c. 634), and Anglo-Saxon England's most revered saint, where he was a very active missionary, is...

St. Oswald of Worcester (Feast Day - February 29) Oswald, of Danish parentage, was brought up by his uncle Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury...

On this day [January 31 and May 27] we commemorate the Venerable Melangell, who hailed from Ireland, and lived in asceticism in Wales. Ver...

Saint Brihtwald (Brithwold) was a monk at Glastonbury in Wiltshire who was chosen Bishop of Ramsbury in 995, and governed it for 50 years. ...

St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria (Feast Day - January 15) Ceolwulf was born around 695 in Northumbria. His ancestry is thus given by the Angl...

St. Sigebert of East Anglia (Feast Day - September 27) The principal source for the life of Saint Sigebert is Bede's Ecclesiastical ...

St. Oswin of Deira (Feast Day - August 20) Saint Oswin succeeded King Oswald of Northumbria, probably around the year 644, after Oswald...

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...

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...

St. Edmund the King of East Anglia (Feast Day - November 20) Saint Edmund was born in 841. Early accounts and stories provide a cloud o...

Saint Willibrord (or Wilbrord) was born in Northumbria, and he went to Ireland to study under Saint Egbert. From there he went to Frieslan...

St. James the Deacon (Feast Day - October 18) Saint James lived in the seventh century, and assisted Saint Paulinus of York (Oct. 10) in...

The Monastery at Barking was founded in 666 AD and dedicated to the Mother of God. From the late tenth century the abbey followed the Rule ...