ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 26th of January WELCOME! SS. XENOPHON, MARY, ARCADIUS, AND JOHN A map of the Holy Land, where our family of saints got reunited Saint Xenophon was a senator in Constantinople and led a pious, virtuous life with his wife Mary . The same is placed in the fifth century and is described by Simeon Metaphrastes. HE INSTRUCTED HIS SONS IN THE FEAR OF GOD He instructed his sons Arcadius and John in the fear of God, and when they had matured into youths, he sent them to Berytus (later Beirut, the port city for Damascus) to have them fully trained in jurisprudence at the world-famous law school there. THEY SUFFERED SHIPWRECK When he fell ill soon after, his sons came to visit him, which restored him to full health. On the return voyage to Beirut, the sons were shipwrecked. Both escaped to shore, albeit in such a way that neither knew that the other was still alive. THEY EMBRACED THE MONASTIC STATE John entered a mo...