Saints Florus and Laurus,  twin brothers who worked as stonemasons

Saints Florus and Laurus are venerated as Christian martyrs of the 2nd century. According to a Greek tale, they were twin brothers who worked as stonemasons. They were originally from Constantinople, Byzantium but settled in Ulpiana, Dardania, south of Pristina, Kosovo in the district of Illyricum. They were educated in the…

Passion bearers

In Eastern Christianity, a passion bearer (Russian:Â ŃŃ‚Ń€Đ°ŃŃ‚ĐŸŃ‚Ă©Ń€ĐżĐ”Ń†, tr. strastoterpets, IPA: [strəstɐˈtÊČɛrpÊČÉȘts]) is one of the various customary titles for saints used in commemoration at divine services when honouring their feast on the Church Calendar; it is not…

Boris and Gleb were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus’ after the Christianization of the country

Boris and Gleb (Old East Slavic: Đ‘ĐŸŃ€ĐžŃŃŠ Đž Глѣбъ, romanized: BorisĆ­ i GlěbĆ­; Russian: Đ‘ĐŸŃ€ĐžŃ Đž ГлДб, romanized: Boris i Gleb; Ukrainian: Đ‘ĐŸŃ€ĐžŃ і Гліб, romanized: Borys i Hlib), respective Christian names Roman (Đ ĐŸĐŒĐ°ĐœŃŠ, RomanĆ­) and David (ДаĐČê™‘ĐŽŃŠ, DavydĆ­), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus’ after the Christianization of the country. Their feast…

Saints Cyrus and John, Wonderworking Unmercenaries

Saints Cyrus and John (Italian: Ciro e Giovanni; Arabic: ŰŁŰšŰ§ÙƒÙŠŰ± ÙˆÙŠÙˆŰ­Ù†Ű§, romanized: AbākÄ«r wa-Yƫងannā; died c. 304 or 311 AD) are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries (thaumatourgoi anargyroi) because they healed the sick free of…

Saints Cosmas and Damian are regarded as the patrons of physicians, surgeons, pharmacists and twins

Cosmas and Damian (Arabic: Ù‚ُŰČÙ…Ű§ ÙˆŰŻÙ…ÙŠŰ§Ù†, romanized: Qozma wa Demyaan; Greek: ÎšÎżÏƒÎŒáŸ¶Ï‚ Îșα᜶ ΔαΌÎčαΜός; Latin: Cosmas et Damianus; c.  3rd century â€“ c.  287 or 303 AD) were two Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Aegeae, then in…