My (and the Blog's) Patronal Feast!
from The Synaxarion:Saint Justinian, a major figure in the history of the Byzantine state, was also a great champion of Orthodoxy, a builder of churches and a Church writer, and he was of Slavic descent -- born in Bulgaria. During his reign (527-565) Byzantium won glory with milita

The Feast of St. John Chrysostom
Troparion of St John Chrysostom (Tone 8)Grace shining forth from thy lips like a beacon hast enlightened the universe, thou hast revealed to the world the riches of poverty and shown to us the height of humility. Teaching us by t

St. Justin Popovitch: The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church
From "Orthodox Tradition," Vol. VII, No. 1, p. 9, translated from the Serbian by the Reverend Gregory TelepneffWithout doubt, matter is represented in the human body in a manner which is most puzzling, most mysterious, and most complex. The brain: What wondrous mysteries pass between its physical and spiritual parts! How vast is the experience of the human race. In no manner can one ever fully comprehend or grasp these mysteries. Indeed, little of this is accessible to the human senses or intellectual investigation. So it is also with the heart of man, formed as it is entirely and solely from cosmic

Icon of the Mother of God, "She Who Is Quick To Hear
Troparion (Tone 4)Let us who are in a state of affliction run to the Theotokos,and now fall down before her iconcalling out with faith from the

St. Illtud of Llantwit Major
Composed in Cemis, Pembrokeshire, in the 12th C. Found in the British Museum Cotton MS Vespasian A xiv. § 1. Of the union of his parents and the birth of the boy.Victorious Letavia (that is, Lesser Britannia, Brittany), a rich and successful province, powerful in arms, none great