Saint Phokas September 22 Listen to the Saint's life in English: Listen to the Saint's life in Greek: Related links: Life of St Phokas (Mystagogy) Life of St Phokas (Goarch)

Saint Pafnoutios September 25 When the Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria came of age, her father (the future Saint Paphnutius) wanted her to marry, but she wholeheartedly desired to become a monastic. Secretly fleeing her father's house, she went to a male monastery dressed as a eunuch called Smaragdus. She chose a male monastery, feeling that her father would find her if she was hidden in a female one. Her father eventually came to this monastery, distraught and asking for consolation for his lost daughter. The abbot recommended he talk to the eunuch Smaragdus (not knowing that this was his [...]

Saint Hilarion September 20 Listen to the Saint's life in English: Related links:

Saint Eustathios September 20 The Holy Great Martyr Eustathius together with his wife Theopiste, and their two sons Agapius and Theopistus, a whole family of saints, is possibly one of the most interesting and unique biographies in the Orthodox Synaxarion. Saint Eustathius lived as a pagan military commander under the Roman Emperor. Due to his love of charity and great virtue, the Lord did not allow him to remain in the darkness of idolatry. One day while hunting, Eustathius spotted a deer which looked him right in the eye. As the deer stared at his hunter, a radiant image [...]

Saint Romylos September 18 Listen to the Saint's life in English: Related links: Life of St Romylos (Mystagogy)