A majestic church was built over the grave of St. Euphemia. At this temple the sessions of the Fourth Ecumenical Council took place in the year 451.

St. Ninian is acknowledged as Scotland's first saint with the date 397 AD celebrated as the beginning of his mission to his people.

The Great Commandment
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

The ROCOR, the Moscow Patriarchate, and Their Participation in Ecumenical Assemblies, 1948-1964

Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens to Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsa

The Exaltation of the Cross is one of the twelve great feasts of the Church. It commemorates two historical events: first, the finding of the Life-giving Cross in the year 326, and second, its recovery from Persia in 628.

On Monday, September 23, Matushka Barbara Townsend, wife of Archpriest John Townsend reposed in the Lord.

by St. Andrew of Crete

The Parable of the Wedding Feast
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

A Homily on St. Matt. 22:1-14
by Father James Thornton

Venerable Aristokly (Amvrosiev; 1838—1918) of Mt. Athos and Moscow

A homily by St. John of Kronstadt

from The Protoevangelium of James

A homily of the abbot of the Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Archimandrite Ephraim

He was a great faster, intercessor, and wonderworker right up to the time of his death.

And, enduring torments, Mamas glorified the Savior.
The emperor and the empire collapsed to nothing,
While Mamas reigns, even now, with Christ,
And rejoices with the angels of God in heaven.

Archimandrite John Krestiankin (+2006)

The Stone Which the Builders Rejected
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

On the Old Believer Church of the Nativity of Christ in Erie, PA

Thou soughtest the heights, though parted not from things below; thy pillar became a chariot of fire for thee.

According to Holy Tradition, Christ entered the synagogue on September 1 to announce His mission to mankind

The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke

The Martyrs Adrian and Natalia were married in their youth for one year prior to their martyrdom.

If Thou Wilt Be Perfect
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew
by Blessed Theophylact

Saint Isaac the Syrian

by St. Kosmas Aitolos

Arab Nuns of the Convent of the Mount of Olives Share Their Memories of Abbess Tamara

The Martyr Andrew Stratelates was a military commander in the Roman army during the reign of the emperor Maximian

by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko, 1893-1978)

The Man Who Owed Ten Thousand Talents
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact