Tag: Bible
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04 Works, Today, April 4th, is Saints Plato’s day, With Footnotes – #92
Saint Plato of Sakkoudion’s wealthy parents died of disease before he was 13. Excellent student. Pious from youth, he turned away from the world of the royal court, freed his slaves, sold his estates, gave the money to his sisters and the poor, and at age 24 he moved to the monastery at Symbolean on Mount…
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John Shinnors, LOT’S WIFE STUDY, 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – # 40
In the Bible, Lot’s wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis. The story of Lot’s wife begins in Genesis 19 after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to spend the night at Lot’s home. The Men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and prompted Lot to offer up these Men/Angels; instead, Lot offered up…
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05 Works, Today, April 3rd, is Saints Agape, Chionia and Irene’s Day, With Footnotes – #91
Agape, Chionia and Irene were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, martyred at Thessalonica in 304AD. Agape and Chionia were charged with refusing to eat sacrificial offerings, whilst Irene was killed for keeping Christian books in violation of existing law. All were condemned to be burned alive… Please follow link for full post
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07 Works, Today, March 30th, is Saint John Climacus’ Day, With Footnotes – #88
Saint John Climacus, (born c. 579—died c. 649, Mt. Sinai, Sinai Peninsula). He is best known as the author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent, a treasury of spiritual wisdom which is read in its entirety in monasteries during every Lenten season. He is also commemorated on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent… Please follow link…
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03 Works, Today, March 28th, is Saint Hilarion’s Day, With Footnotes – #86
Saint Hilarion the New, Igumen of Pelekete Monastery, from his youth devoted himself to the service of God and spent many years as a hermit. Because of his holy and blameless life he was ordained to the holy priesthood, and later he was made igumen of the Pelekete monastery (near the Dardanelles). Saint Hilarion was…
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06 Works, Today, March 27th, is Saint Matrona’s Day, With Footnotes – #85
Matrona of Barcelona or Matrona of Thessalonica is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She was recognized as a saint pre-congregation. She lived in the third or fourth century. She was a young girl and a slave to the Jewish woman Pautila, wife of one of the military commanders, or…
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03 Works, Today, March 23rd, is Monk-martyr Nikon’s Day, With Footnotes – #81
Monk-martyr Nikon, and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251), was born in Neapolis (Naples) to a pagan father and a Christian mother, and became an officer in the Roman army. Though he was not baptised, his mother had secretly instructed him in the Christian faith. Once, in a battle, his company was completely surrounded by the…
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05 Works, Today, March 22nd, is Saint Drosis’ Day, With Footnotes – #80
St. Drosis, the daughter of the Emperor Trajan (98–117 AD). In 99 AD Trajan revived a decree prohibiting secret gatherings which was in truth a ruse to prohibit Christian rituals. Many Christians were martyred for disobeying this law. As a visible deterrent for other Christians these martyrs were kept unburied. Five nuns, Aglaida, Apolliniaria, Daria,…
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04 Works, Today, March 18th, is King Edward the Martyr’s Day, With Footnotes – #76
Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of England from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was contested, with some supporting Edward’s claim to be king and others…
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02 Works, Today, March 15th, is St. Agapius’s Day, With Footnotes – #73
Agapius was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His martyrdom is recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work The Martyrs of Palestine. Agapius was arrested in AD 304. He remained in prison for two years and was…
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06 Works, Today, March 14th, is Saint Matilda’s Day, With Footnotes – #72
Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909. He succeeded his father as Duke in the…
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Kim Byungkwan, The Descent I 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 36
The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The…
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07 Works, Today, March 11th, is Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem’s Day, With Footnotes – #69
St Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 638) was born in Damascus to an eminent family, and was well educated in his youth. Discontented with the wisdom of the world, he entered monastic life in the monastery of St Theodosius, where he became the lifelong friend and disciple of John Moschos. Together they visited the monasteries…
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03 Works, Today, March 9th, is The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia’s Day, With Footnotes – #67
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata (Armed with Lightning), under one general, taken captive in the time of Licinius, in 320, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who after 316, persecuted the Christians of the East. They were stripped naked and cast onto a frozen lake at Sebastia…
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06 Works, Today, March 8th, is Saint Theophylaktos’ Day, With Footnotes – #66
Saint Theophylactus lived at Constantinople in the eighth century during the time of the Iconoclast heresy. After the death of the iconoclast emperor Leo IV the Khazar (775-780), Emperor Constantine VI (780-797) ascended the throne. At the same time, the holy Patriarch Paul (August 30), not having the strength to continue guiding the flock in…
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Jean Lambert-Rucki, Descent from the Cross 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – #39
The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The Descent…
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05 Works, Today, March 7th, is Martyr Theodore’s Day, With Footnotes – #65
The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit was a soldier in the city of Alasium of the Pontine district. They commanded him to offer sacrifice to idols. Saint Theodore firmly confessed his faith in Christ the Savior in a loud voice. The commander gave him several days to think it over, during which time Saint…
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03 Works, Today, March 6th, is Holy Saint Colette’s Day, With Footnotes – #64
Saint Colette was born Nicolette Boellet, but called Colette, and lived during the great Church schism when there were two men claiming to be Pope: one in Rome and one in Avignon. She was orphaned at age 17, and promptly gave her inheritance to the poor of the region, , and with the help of her…
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05 Works, Today, March 5th, is Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria’s Day, With Footnotes – #63
The Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria was born in Bethany, a village near the Asia Minor city of Isauria, whose inhabitants had accepted Christianity from the Apostle Paul. From his youth, Saint Conon was accorded the special protection of the Michael the Archange, who appeared to him and assisted him in many difficult circumstances in…
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04 Works, Today, March 3rd, is Holy Martyr Euthalia’s Day, With Footnotes – #61
The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus, who were from Amasia, were fellow soldiers and kinsmen of Saint Theodore the Tyro. They were betrayed to the Governor Asclepiodotus as Christians, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). , they were imprisoned, and were not condemned for a long time because of the courage of the imperial…
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