SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 18th of January WELCOME! SAINT THEONAS, MARTYR OF EGYPT Saint Theonas was killed in Egypt for being a Christian. He was a companion of the martyr  Saint Paul  (II. 188) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Theonas 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 AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 23rd of August SAINT THEONAS, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA Today, we also commemorate Saint Theonas . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Alexandria, Saint Theonas, bishop and confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Theonas 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 APRIL Saints celebrated on the 20th of April SAINT VICTOR AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Victor and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "The same day, the holy martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindinus, Caesareus, Severian, Chrysophorus, Theonas, and Antoninus, who suffered martyrdom after undergoing various trials." PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindinus, Caesareus, Severian, Chrysophorus, Theonas, and Antoninus, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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. ➡️ Saint Victor and Companions, Martyrs of Rome

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 4th of April SAINT THEON, HERMIT Saint Theon (Theonas), a hermit near the town of Oxirinchus, now Benesh, in the Thebaid, lived for entire thirty years in constant silence. Because of his profound humility, St Theon concealed his most extensive knowledge of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman sciences and refused all conversation with men in order to occupy himself with God alone.  He never ate anything cooked, just raw food; when he left his cell it was usually at nighttime. His companions in the desert were wild animals, for whom he drew water from his well, which is why his cell was often surrounded by buffalo oxen, goslings, and forest donkeys.  The saint performed many miracles and was considered a prophet in the whole area. When the sick came, he just stretched out his hand through his little window. gave them the blessing and they were healed. Nothing of his penitential severity could be seen in his appearance; fo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of January 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 lives, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of December WELCOME! SAINT THEONAS, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR Saint Theonas succeeded St Maximus in that patriarchal chair of Alexandria in 282, and held it almost nineteen years, being himself, by the shining light of his sanctity and learning, the greatest ornament of that church at a time when it was in both respects most flourishing.  St Pierius was then priest and catechist in that church, and supported the high reputation of its school, so as to be styled himself the young Origen.  Among the many works which Pierius left, nothing but some few fragments have reached us.  "THE DISRESPECT WHICH IS SHOWN TO IMAGES FALLS BACK UPON THAT WHICH THEY REPRESENT" Photius tells us, that in a book which he wrote upon St Luke’s gospel, he proved that the disrespect which is shown to images falls back upon that which they represent.  St Theonas himself wrote a useful letter of instruction, how the Christians wh...