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Daily Orthodox Saints

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Dn. Jerome Atherholt, and Ancient Faith Ministries

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religion & spirituality

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en

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27 Oct 2012

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

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   2 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   St. Juvenaly, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)

   This episode explores the life and legacy of St. Juvenaly, Patriarch of Jerusalem, offering insights into his spiritual contributions.

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   1 Nov 2025

   Holy New Martyr Helen of Sinope (18th c.)

   She was a maiden of fifteen who lived with her parents in the Christian enclave of Sinope in Pontus during the 1700s. One day, as she went to the marketplace, she passed by the house of the local Pasha (governor), who, seeing her beauty, was seized by lust for her. He ordered his servants to bring her to him, and made two attempts to defile her; each time, however, he was prevented by a mysterious power that kept him from her like an invisible wall. Determined to have his way for her, he kept her prisoner in his house; but she was able to slip away and run home to her parents' house. Enraged that his prey had escaped, the Pasha called together the leaders of the Christian community and promised that, unless Helen were handed over to him, all the Christians in the town would be massacred. Grief-stricken and fearful, the leaders persuaded Helen's father to return the girl to the palace. The vile Pasha made several more attempts to rape the Saint, but once again he was restrained as if by an invisible wall as she recited the Six Psalms and all the prayers that she knew by heart. Realizing that he was powerless against her, the Pasha had her thrown in the common jail, then ordered that she be tortured to death. The executioners subjected the maiden to several cruel torments before killing her by driving two nails into her skull and beheading her. They then put her body in a sack and threw it in the Black Sea. Some Greek sailors followed a heavenly light to the place where the sack had sunk, and divers retrieved the Saint's relics, which immediately revealed themselves as a source of healing for many. Her body was taken to Russia; her head was placed in the church in Sinope, where it continued to work miracles, especially for those who suffered from headaches. When the Greeks were driven from Sinope in 1924, refugees took the head with them. It is venerated today in a church near Thessalonika.

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   2 Oct 2025

   Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin-Martyr Justina

   "Saint Justina, who was from Damascus, lived in virginity for the sake of Christ. Saint Cyprian, who was from Antioch, began as an initiate of magic and worshipper of the demons. A certain foolish young man who had been smitten with Justina's beauty hired Cyprian to draw her to love him; when Cyprian had used every demonic device he knew, and had failed, being repulsed by the power of Christ Whom Justina invoked, he understood the weakness of the demons and came to know the truth. Delivered from demonic delusion, he came to Christ and burned all his books of magic, was baptized, and later ascended the episcopal throne in his country. Later, he and Justina were arrested by the Count of Damascus, and having endured many torments at his hands, they were sent finally to Diocletian in Nicomedia, where they were beheaded in the year 304." (Great Horologion)

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St. Juvenaly, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)

Published 2 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The Empress, Eudosia, widow of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger, initially supported the heretics. But unsure of the true Orthodox doctrine, she went to inquire of St. Simeon the Stylite, who denounced the Monophysite doctrine and told the Empress to do all that she could to uphold the teaching of the councils. Obeying him, she condemned the false patriarch Theodosius and prevailed on the emperor Marcion to have him deposed. […]

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