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Bartholomew-Nathanael, apostle Today the Western churches commemorate the apostle Bartholomew. A native of Cana in Galilee, he is called Nathanael, or "God's gift," in the fourth Gospel

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Tikhon di Zadonsk (1724-1783) pastor and monk Tikhon of Zadonsk, a monk and bishop of his local Russian diocese, died in 1783.

Cesarius of Arles (ca. 470-543) monk and pastor

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Church father and pastor In 430 Augustine, a pastor of Hippo and one of the best loved fathers of the Western Church, died during a Vandal invasion of his ...

Martyrdom of John the Baptist The martyrdom of John the Baptist is commemorated today by the Eastern and Western churches. The Baptist's activity reached its climax when he shed his blood, paying the ...

Takla Haymanot (d. 1313) monkToday the Ethiopian church remembers the monk Takla Haymanot, who founded the monastery of Dabra Libanos.

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Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783-1872) Lutheran pastor and hymn writer

Gregory the Great (540-604) Church father and pastorTransported by love for God's word, Gregory transposed into his writings the wealth of his personal lectio divina and his love of monastic...

Moses (2nd millennium BCE) prophetMoses, a friend and prophet of God, is commemorated today in the ancient calendars of the Eastern and Western churches. The first Christians recognized...

Sister Maria of Campello (1875-1961) nun Sister Maria, who founded the Hermitage of Campello near Assisi, Italy, died in 1961 at the age of eighty-six.  Together with the sisters ...

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The birth of the virgin Mary This feast is a celebration of the birth of the woman who became "earth of heaven" - in other words, the fertile terrain offered by humanity so that the Word's Incarn...

Poemen (ca. 350-ca.450) monk Today the Coptic Church commemorates Abba Poemen, a monk of the Egyptian desert who lived from the late fourth to the early fifth centuries.

Barsauma the Nude (ca. 1257-1317) witness Today the Coptic Church commemorates Barsauma the Nude, one of Egypt's most popular saints.

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The exaltation of the Cross The Cross is and will always be the one place where God's true image can be contemplated, as he bends down to embrace men and women in their suffering. As Christians celeb...

Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) witness Catherine, a witness of God's love, died in 1510 in Genoa, Italy after many years of illness and suffering.

Cyprian of Carthage and Cornelius of Rome (d. 258) pastors and martyrs In the year 258 the bishop Cyprian was martyred in Carthage during the persecution of the emperor Valerian.

Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) witness Hammarskjöld had been a man open to all, as his public office had required of him, but his heart had been undivided and he had constantly sought dialo...

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Theodore of Tarsus (ca. 602-690) pastor Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 690.  He was born in Tarsus, Cilicia, studied in Athens, and became a monk in Greece.

John Coleridge Patterson, pastor, and companions (d. 1871) martyrs John Coleridge Patteson and his fellow missionaries were martyred in 1871 as they disembarked on the Melane...

Matthew apostle and evangelist Levi Matthew, son of Alpheus, was a tax collector in Capharnaum. When he was called by Jesus, who was beginning to preach in Galilee, Matthew was among those who l...