Lost and Found: Celebrating the Recovery of Relics in Late Antiquity
On August 2nd, the Orthodox Church celebrates the 5th century “finding” and transferring of relics to Constantinople. Specifically, those of St. Stephen, the first martyr (and also a deacon) mentioned...
View ArticleList of Western Orthodox (Pre-Schism/Pre-1054) Saints
This is just a quick programming note to let people know about a list of Western Orthodox saints. By “Western Orthodox” is meant not modern saints who have lived in the West, but saints who were...
View ArticleFr. Michael Plekon and Re-evaluating How Orthodox Canonize Saints
It is no secret to those who have followed my online work over the years that the question of canonization has been important at times. I have argued that it would be imprudent and unwise to canonize...
View ArticleSt. Daniel the Stylite
One of the saints commemorated today is St. Daniel the Stylite. A life of this fifth century saint may be found here: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Daniel_the_Stylite In 2005, the journal Road to Emmaus...
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