St Sampson of Constantinople – Hospitality and compassion
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, let us remember Saint Sampson of Constantinople, may the holy saint pray for us!
Apostle Nicanor – Living in the Spirit
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, Christ is born, let us glorify Him! As we walk in the afterfeast of the Nativity, we remember the Apostle Nicanor the Deacon today. Father among the saints, Apostle Nicanor, pray for us!
St Nicholas of Myra – Charity and Humility
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, we remember one of the fathers among the saints, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra.
St Cosmas, Hymnwriter – Mirror of our deeds
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Cosmas, Hymnographer, and Bishop of Maiuma in the 8th century. The saint was the foster-brother of Saint John of Damascus, the Holy Greek church father, Syrian hieromonk, who gave us important treatises and writings on the defence of icons, Orthodoxy, and Christology.
St Gregory the Illuminator – Labor and Charity
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, we celebrate the feast day of a great saint and father among the saints today, Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Catholicos of Great Armenia and its patron saint, or as our Armenian brethren would address as “Sourp Krikor Lusavorich”.
