SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 16th February SAINT ELIAS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saint Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah , Samuel, and Daniel were Christians who had taken these their names at their baptism. They ministered to their fellow believers in Cilicia, who were condemned to work in mines.  After some time they returned to Caesarea in Palestine, where they brought several idolaters to the Lord Jesus Christ, but were reported to the authorities and seized by the governor Firmilian, cruelly tormented and finally, when neither promises nor threats could shake their Christian faith, they were beheaded. Their martyrdom took place in A.D. 308, during the reign of Emperor Galerius Maximian.  Thereupon Porphyry, a Christian servant of Saint Pamphilus, boldly approached the governor and asked for the corpses of the holy martyrs. This he did to protect them from dishonour and to bury them in a Christian manner. A Christian soldier from Cappadocia ...

  SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of November SAINT PORPHYRY, MARTYR OF EPHESUS Today, we also commemorate Saint Porphyry. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Ephesus, Saint Porphyry, martyr, under the emperor Aurelian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Porphyry 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 20th of August SAINT PORPHYRY, CONFESSOR Today, we also commemorate Saint Porphyry. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rome, blessed Porphyry, a man of God, who instructed the holy martyr Agapitus in the faith and doctrine of Christ." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Porphyry 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 4th of May SAINT PORPHYRY, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Porphyry. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In Umbria, Saint Porphyry, martyr." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Porphyry 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.