Iconographer: Father MichaelCommemorates on: January 30The common feast of these three teachers was instituted a little before the year 1100, during the reign of the Emperor Alexis I Comnenus, because of a dispute and strife that arose among the notable and virtuous men of that time. Some of them preferred Basil, while others preferred Gregory, and yet others preferred John Chrysostom, quarrelling among themselves over which of the three was the greatest. Furthermore, each party, in order to distinguish itself from the others, assumed the name of its preferred Saint; hence, they called themselves Basilians, Gregorians, or Joannites. Desiring to
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Iconographer: Romanos FatherCommemorates on: January 22
The Apostle Timothy, who was from Lystra of Lycaonia, was born of a Greek (that is, pagan) father and a Jewish mother; his mothers name was Eunice, and his grandmothers name was Lois (II Tim. 1:5). He became the disciple of the Apostle Paul when the latter first preached there, and he followed him during the whole period of the Apostles preaching. Afterwards, he was consecrated by him as first Bishop of the Church in Ephesus. Under the supervision of John the Evangelist, who governed all the churches in Asia, he completed his life
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Iconographer: Ginala Mar.Commemorates on: February 8The Prophet Zacharias was the son of Barachias, and a contemporary of the Prophet Aggeus. In the days of the Babylonian captivity, he prophesied, as it says, in the book of Ezra, ” to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem” he aided Zorobabel in the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. In the book of Ezra he is called “Zacharias the son of Addo (or Iddo)” but in his own prophetic book he is called more fully “Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo the Prophet”. When the captivity returned from
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