Tag: Realism
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09 works, Today, December 16th, is Saint Adelaide of Italy’s, day, her story, illustrated #349
Adelaide of Italy (931–16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was born in the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy (Switzerland), she was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy… Please follow link for full post
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05 works, Today, December 15th, is Saint Adalbert I of Ostrevent’s, day, his story, illustrated #348
Adalbert I of Ostrevent (died c. 652) was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman of the court of King Clovis II of France… Please follow link for full post
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12 works, Today, December 14th, is Saint John of the Cross القديس يوحنا الصليب, day, his story, illustrated #347
John of the Cross (born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; 24 June 1542–14 December 1591), venerated as Saint John of the Cross, was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of…
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08 works, Today, December 12th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s day, her story, illustrated #345
Agatha of Sicily (c. 231 — c. 251 AD) is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania or Palermo, Sicily. One of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of Christian antiquity, Agatha was put to death during the persecution of Decius (250–253) in Catania, Sicily, for her determined profession of…
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08 works, Today, December 11th, is Saint Daniel the Stylite’s day, his story, illustrated #344
Saint Daniel the Stylite (c. 409–493) is a Saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. In 409, a male child was born to Elias and Martha; they had been childless for a long time, after she had vowed in her prayers that if she had a child the child…
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07 works, Today, December 10th, is Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus’ day, his story, illustrated #343
In hagiography he is called Menas of Egypt. He was a military officer, an educated man and skilled in speech, wherefore he was surnamed Kallikelados (“most eloquent”); Eugraphus was his scribe. Both had Christian parents… Please follow link for full post
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06 works, Today, December 9th, is Hannah’s day, his story, illustrated #342
Hannah is one of the wives of Elkanah, mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel… Please follow link for full post
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09 works, Today, December 8th, is Patapios of Thebes’ day, his story, illustrated #341
Patapios of Thebes (fl. 4th century AD) was born in Thebes of Egypt, situated in the fourth province of Upper Egypt, approximately 419 miles south of Cairo, and lived in the Kemetian desert sometime during the fourth century. His father was a governor of the region and a descendant of a well known Egyptian family.…
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05 works, Today, December 7th, is Martyrs of Africa’s day, their story, illustrated #340
The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution. In the year 429, eighty thousand Vandals crossed from the Iberian Peninsular, Spain, into Africa and, in the course of ten years of massacre and pillage, gained control of most of the Roman territories of North Africa. Please follow link for full post
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10 works, Today, December 6th, is Saints Nicholas’ day, his story, illustrated #339
Saints Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra (345) is probably the best-loved Saint of the Church. His numberless miracles through the ages, on behalf of the countless Christians who have called on him, cannot be told… Please follow link for full post
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05 works, Today, December 5th, is the Seventy disciples’ day, their story, illustrated #338
The Seventy Apostles or Seventy-two Apostles are those whom the Lord chose, in addition to the original Twelve Apostles, to go before Him into the cities He would visit , and lay down the groundwork and infrastructure for the Early Church, as mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to Luke, the only gospel in which…
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09 works, Today, December 4th, is Saint John the Silent, يوحنا الدمشقي day, his story, illustrated #337
The city of Damascus in Syria fell to the Muslims in 635. At the time of the Caliph Abdul-Malik, responsibility for government of the Christian population was given to Sergius Mansur… Please follow link for full post
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07 works, Today, December 3rd, is Saint John the Silent’s day, his story, illustrated #336
Saint John the Silent (c. January 8, 454 — c. 558), also known as St John the Hesychast. John was born in 454 AD in Nicopolis, Armenia. He came from a family of mainly generals and governors. His parents died when he was 18 and he built a monastery where he stayed with 10 young monks. Under…
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06 works, Today, November 27th, is Saint Onuphrius’ (ابو نفر)day, his story, illustrated #330
Onuphrius or Onoufrios lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in (Upper Thebaid) the 4th or 5th centuries. Onuphrius was one of the Desert Fathers who made a great impression on Eastern spirituality in the third and fourth centuries, around the time that Christianity was emerging as the dominant faith of the…
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04 works, Today, November 26th, is Saint Stylianos’ day, his story, illustrated #329
Saint Stylianos was born during the 6th century in Adrianopolis, in the province of Paphlagonia, into a very wealthy family. At a young age, Stylianos joined the hermits of the desert with a view toward cleansing his soul through a period of meditation and prayer, as well as through association with men likewise pledging their…
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08 works, Today, November 24th, is Saint Mercurius is also known as Abu-Seifein’s (أبو سيفين) day, her story, illustrated #327
Mercurius (d. AD 250) was a Christian saint and a martyr. He was born in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, Turkey. His parents were converts to Christianity and they called him “Philopater”. They reared him in a Christian manner. When he was17 he enlisted in the Roman army during the days of Emperor Decius,…
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07 works, Today, November 22nd, is Philemon, Apphia and Onesimus’ day, their story, illustrated #325
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon and his wife Apphia lived in the city of Colossa, a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, was a man both wealthy and noble. After they were baptized by the holy Apostle Paul, they converted their house into a house of prayer, where all those who believed in…
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04 works, Today, November 21st, is The Entry of the Virgin Mary’s presentation into the Temple, her story illustrated #324
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, is a liturgical feast celebrated by the Catholic, Orthodox Churches, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches… Please follow link for full post
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07 works, Today, November 20th, is Edmund the Martyr’s day, his story illustrated #323
Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death… Please follow link for full post
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05 works, Today, November 19th, is the Prophet Obadiah’s day, his story illustrated #322
The holy Prophet Obadiah is the fourth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and he lived during the ninth century B.C. He was from the village of Betharam, near Sichem, and he served as steward of the impious Israelite King Ahab. In those days the whole of Israel had turned away from the true God and…
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