CATECHESIS & DAILY INSPIRATION |
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The Holy Martyrs Tarachus, Probus and Andronicus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (304) |
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Reflections and Daily Inspiration |
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...there are many, many examples of this in the Lives of the Saints; how a selfish, egoistical, unbelieving, atheistic, proud, avaricious, lustful, evil, wicked, depraved, angry, spiteful, quarrelsome, malicious, envious, malevolent, boastful, vainglorious, unmerciful, gluttonous man becomes a man of God—there [are] many, many examples of this in the Lives of the Saints.
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SCIENCE AND ORTHODOXY AROUND THE WORLD
If we accept that God is faith and science is knowledge, is there a point where these two converge? Many have spoken of a dialogue between science and faith, but what could Orthodox Christianity bring to this discussion? And most importantly, what would the basis of such a dialogue be?
This documentary was produced within the framework of the research program “Science & Orthodoxy around the World (SOW)” of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. The major goal of the program was to chart a previously unknown field: the different views and positions on the relation between Science and faith across the entire Orthodox Christian world.
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Grateful for Family Time Amid Challenges
One of the biggest concerns for parents during this pandemic has been the well-being of our children.
For many I’ve spoken with, this has little to do with their potential for catching COVID and more to do with prolonged social isolation – especially, in many places, the lack of in-person school.
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Photo basilica: Pilgrim in Iași on the day of Saint Parascheva
The largest pilgrimage in Romania, dedicated to Saint Pious Parascheva, took place this year under restrictions in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
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SAINT OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 25 / OCTOBER 12
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The Holy Martyrs Tarachus, Probus and Andronicus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (304)
Tarachus was born in Syrian Claudiopolis, Probus was from Perga of Pamphylia, and Andronicus was the son of an eminent citizen of Ephesus. All three were martyred together by the Proconsul Numerian Maximus, in Emperor Diocletian’s time. Tarachus was sixty-five years old when he was tortured. The proconsul asked him for his name, and he answered: “I am a Christian.” The proconsul asked thrice, and received the same answer each time. These martyrs were beaten with rods, then were cast into prison bloodied and wounded. After this, they were brought out again for torture. When the proconsul advised Probus to deny Christ, promising him imperial honors and his own friendship, holy Probus replied: “Neither the emperor’s honors do I desire, nor your friendship do I wish.” When Andronicus was threatened with even greater bodily tortures, the young martyr of Christ replied: “My body is before you, do with it what you will.” After prolonged tortures in various locales, the three holy martyrs were thrown into an arena with wild beasts. Other prisoners in the same arena were torn apart by the beasts, but they would not harm the saints; a bear and a ferocious lioness fawned around them. Seeing this, many believed in Christ the Lord and cried out against the proconsul. Crazed with anger, and more furious than the beasts, the proconsul ordered his soldiers to enter the arena and chop the soldiers of Christ into pieces with their swords. Their bodies were mingled with the dead bodies of other prisoners. Three Christians, Macarius, Felix and Berius, who were present at the slaying of the holy martyrs, came that night to remove their bodies. But as the bod- ies were heaped in confusion, and the night was very dark, they prayed to God to help them find the saints; and suddenly three candles were manifested over the bodies of the martyrs. Thus, they were able to remove the saints’ bodies and honorably bury them.
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