Saint Martin of Tours, patron saint of France
Saint Martin is one of the most famous saints, remembered and honored every year on the 11th November. And because he was…
saints of old
Saints Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Anne is the glorious tree from which bloomed a twig under Divine Influence. She is the consecrated ground which brought forth the…
Saint Joseph of Tiberias
Ein Sheva In the winter of 2015 / 2016 I worked as a volunteer in the kitchen of a kibbutz on the…
Saint Ephrem of Syria, the “harp of the Holy Spirit“
“You are now assisting at the divine altar, and before the Prince of life, with the angels, praising the most holy Trinity.…
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus on the Holy Spirit
Who is Saint Gregory Nazianzus? 9th May is the traditional feast day of one of the three so-called “Cappadocian Fathers“: Saint Gregory…
Saint George of Lydda, the dragon slayer
“The man who conquered Palestine“ beheaded at Lydda Somewhere in between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, yet much closer to Tel Aviv, lies…
Learning about the ancient Church with the Didache and Saint Justin Martyr
“The simple and ever identical truth“ “I reckon prosperity, O men, to consist in nothing else than in living according to truth.…
Excerpts from the seven letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr of the ancient Church
Who was Saint Ignatius of Antioch? In 2018, as I was trying to figure out whether the Catholic Church – all the…
Excerpts from Saint Augustine‘s “Confessions“
Mother and son As we honor on the 28th August Saint Augustine (354-430), Doctor of the Church and bishop of Hippo, I‘d…
A portion from the catechetical lectures of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: on faith
18th March, it’s the feast day of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem. He was bishop of Jerusalem subsequent to bishop Maximus in the…