The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles is a feast established by the Church to commemorate the wider circle of the disciples of Christ, as opposed to the apostles of the twelve, Christ's closest followers, who were with Him at the time of His passions…
By the time he was betrothed to the Virgin Mary, he was eighty, and a widower of many years with six grownup children. He was of noble descent but worked hard all his life as a carpenter. He protected the Virgin Mary and Christ from the dangers…
Her father had betrothed her to marry a Pagan husband, she refused and suffered torments. The devil visited her in captivity. He tried to convince her that she was renouncing a good thing in favour of an illusion. Her defeat of the devil led…
In many known images of him, he is depicted tied to a tree with multiple arrows in his body, facing a brutal execution for being a Christian. To us, he remains the epitome of strength, perseverance, courage and justice in dangerous and difficult…