Saints

St. John the Baptist

20. January

The Forerunner of the Lord, honored in every Orthodox country.

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

19. December

Archbishop of Myra, one of the most beloved saints across the whole Orthodox world.

St. George the Great Martyr

6. May

The Trophy-bearer, venerated across the whole Orthodox world, from Georgia to Ethiopia.

St. Paraskeva (Petka)

27. October

Venerable martyr, one of the most beloved female saints among Orthodox Slavic peoples.

The Holy Apostles

13. July

The twelve sent by the Lord to preach the Gospel throughout the whole world.

Archangel Michael

21. November

Commander of the heavenly hosts, venerated in every Orthodox country.

St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki

8. November

Great Martyr of Thessaloniki, one of the most beloved warrior saints across all of Orthodo...

St. Panteleimon

9. August

Holy great martyr and healer, invoked for health in every Orthodox country.

St. Barbara

17. December

Great martyr venerated throughout the whole Orthodox world.

St. Basil the Great

14. January

One of the Three Holy Hierarchs, a Church teacher venerated everywhere.

St. Gregory the Theologian

7. February

One of the Three Holy Hierarchs, a theologian venerated in every Orthodox country.

The Holy Prophet Elijah

2. August

Old Testament prophet, venerated in every Orthodox country (Elijah's Day).

St. Gregory the Illuminator

Founder and first Catholicos of the Armenian Church

30. September

Bishop and enlightener of Armenia. Around the year 301, he baptized King Tiridates III and...

St. Stephen the Great of Moldavia

Right-believing Voivode of Moldavia

2. July

Stephen III, Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504, defended Moldavia and Orthodox Christi...

Holy Martyrs of China

New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion

11. June

A group of 222 Orthodox Chinese Christians, led by Priest Mitrophan (Metrophanes) Tsi-Chun...

St. Sava

27. January

First Archbishop and enlightener of the Serbian people.

St. Basil of Ostrog

12. May

The Wonderworker of Ostrog, whose relics rest in Ostrog Monastery.

St. Ivan (John) of Rila

1. November

Patron and heavenly protector of the Bulgarian people.

St. Clement of Ohrid

9. August

Enlightener of the Slavs, founder of the Ohrid Literary School.

St. Sergius of Radonezh

8. October

Abbot of all Russia, founder of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.

St. Nectarios of Aegina

22. November

Metropolitan of Pentapolis, one of the most recently glorified Greek saints.

St. Demetrios of Basarabov

27. October

Protector of Bucharest and the Romanian people.

St. Tekle Haymanot

30. August

One of the most venerated saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

St. Lazarus of the Four Days

17. October

Christ's friend raised from the dead, first Bishop of Kition, Cyprus.