Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

  • St. Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr (Aug. 10)

    During the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Valerian in the year 258, Roman officials ordered Lawrence, a deacon, to bring them the treasures of the Church. Lawrence obediently spent the next three days… Read more

  • Saint Patrick, Bishop & Martyr (Mar. 17)

    On this day, the Church commemorates St. Patrick, Missionary to Ireland. It is good to remember this well-loved and best-known missionary saint for his life and work. He was born to a Christian family in… Read more

  • Eulogius of Cordoba, Martyr

    The story of Eulogius is one of constant, faithful Christian confession under the hand of Muslim persecution. By the middle of the ninth century, the Muslim Moors had taken over almost the whole of Spain.… Read more

  • Patrick Hamilton, Martyr

    Patrick Hamilton was a young professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Related to Scottish royalty through both parents, he studied in Paris where he read Erasmus and Luther and was convinced of… Read more

  • Matthias, Apostle

    From the Church father Tertullian: After one of the apostles was cut off, Christ commanded the eleven others to “go and teach all nations and baptize them into the Father, and into the Son, and… Read more

  • Serenus the Gardener, Martyr

    Serenus, a native of Greece, was born during the reign of Emperor Maximian. He chose to renounce all his possessions and lead a life of asceticism and prayer. He sustained himself by living off the… Read more

  • Faustinus & Jovita, Martyrs

    St. Faustinus and St. Jovita, born into a noble family in Brescia, Italy in the early second century, exemplified unwavering devotion to God from a young age. They fearlessly professed their Christian faith during the… Read more

  • Valentine, Priest, Martyr

    St. Valentine resided in Rome under the reign of Emperor Claudius. A skilled physician and a devoted priest, he emerged as one of the most revered martyrs of the third century, meeting his martyrdom in… Read more

  • Polyeuctus, Martyr

    Already by 377, there is a church in Melitene in Armenia dedicated to the memory of Polyeuctus. He came from a Greek family and was an officer in the Roman army. He was converted to… Read more

  • Saturninus, Dativus, & Companions, Martyrs

    Saints Saturninus, Dativus, and Companions (sometimes referred to as the forty-nine martyrs of Abitina) died under the persecution of Diocletian in 304. The emperor’s edict included the order to destroy all copies of the Scriptures… Read more

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