Byzantine saints
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August 13th – Saint of the Day: Saint Maximus the Confessor, Imperial Secretary, Byzantine Monk, Theologian & Defender of the Faith
They cut out his tongue so he couldn’t speak the truth. ✂️ They cut off his right hand so he couldn’t write it. ✍️ He still won. 🔥 Saint Maximus the Confessor was the emperor’s top secretary, living at the… Continue reading
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July 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Athanasius the Athonite, Monk & Founder
He ran from fame his whole life. 🏃♂️ God made him famous anyway. ✨ Meet Saint Athanasius the Athonite ⛪ A brilliant teacher who could’ve had it all in the big city, but chose to disappear into a mountain and… Continue reading
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July 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Anatolius of Constantinople, Patriarch
⚔️ A heretic handpicked his own worst enemy and didn’t even know it. 😤 Meet Saint Anatolius of Constantinople, the fifth-century Patriarch who was installed by a scheming heretic who expected a puppet and got a saint instead. 🔥 Here’s… Continue reading
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June 14th – Saint of the Day: Saint Methodius I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Monk, Scholar & Confessor
They tried to bury him alive for defending sacred beauty. 🕯️ Saint Methodius I of Constantinople lived during the Iconoclast controversy, when emperors tried to erase holy icons from the churches. But Methodius understood something the world still forgets today.… Continue reading
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May 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Michael of Synnada, Bishop & Confessor
He stood before an emperor and refused to let sacred beauty be erased. 🕯️🎨 Saint Michael of Synnada was not just a bishop. He was a monk, diplomat, defender of icons, and a Confessor of the faith who suffered exile… Continue reading
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December 11th – Saint of the Day: Saint Daniel the Stylite
Ever heard of a saint who lived on top of a pillar for 33 years… and changed an entire empire from up there? 🕊🔥 Saint Daniel the Stylite didn’t run from the world. He stood above it, prayed for it,… Continue reading
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