SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 25th of August SAINT EPIPHANIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE Saint Epiphanius, who is commemorated on August 25, was Patriarch of Constantinople around the year 535. (V. 164) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 74-75) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Epiphanius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 20th of March SAINT THOMAS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople, is particularly revered by the Greeks. He flourished at the beginning of the 7th century and died in A.D. 610. (Mg.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 525) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Thomas may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 24th of October SAINT PROCLUS, BISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE Today, we also commemorate Saint Proclus . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Constantinople, Saint Proclus, bishop." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Proclus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 28th of August SAINT ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE Today, we also commemorate Saint Alexander. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Constantinople, the holy bishop Alexander, an aged and celebrated man, through whose efficacious prayers Arius, by the judgment of God, burst asunder and exposed his intestines." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Alexander may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 4th of June SAINT METROPHANES, BISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE Today, we also commemorate Saint Metrophanes. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Constantinople, Saint Metrophanes, bishop and renowned confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Metrophanes may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 1st of May SAINT PAUL, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, MARTYR Saint Paul (Paulus), Patriarch of Constantinople, suffered and died for the belief in the true divinity of Jesus Christ, as the Council of Nicaea had finally established in 325 (against the false teaching of the Arians). His birthplace was Thessalonica, where he was educated and trained as a cleric. At the death of Alexander in 336 (340), Paul, who was priest in Constantinople at the time, was elected patriarch.  Thereupon the Arians accused him of being dangerous to the state and caused his banishment to the Pontus. But they could not push through their own candidate Macedonius, though. Under Constantine II Paul returned to his church along with St Athanasius and other exiles.  When Emperor Constantius, an open opponent of the Council of Nicaea, came to power, however, Paul, the reigning Patriarch of Constantinople, was so badly denounced by the Arians as h...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 24th of October Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 12th of May WELCOME! SAINT GERMANUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE   Saint Germanus of Constantinople was the son of a famous senator named Justinian. From his youth he shone as a bright light among the clergy, and was chosen bishop of Cyzicus, and in 715, patriarch of Constantinople.  HE DEFENDED THE FAITH AGAINST THE ICONOCLASTS In the most degenerate times he kept virtue in countenance and vice in awe, and strenuously defended the faith with equal zeal, learning, and prudence, first against the Monothelites, and afterwards against the Iconoclasts.  LEO THE ISAURIAN'S EDICT When Leo the Isaurian commanded by an edict all holy images to be abolished in 725, the patriarch refused to take them out of the churches; and boldly maintained even before the emperor himself, the honour which the church taught to be due to them; in which he was seconded by St John Damascene, who then lived in the court of the caliph of the...