

St John of the Ladder
In the Byzantine Rite, today is the feast of a Saint called John, whose Greek epithet “τῆς Κλίμακος – of the Ladder”) is often improperly
In the Byzantine Rite, today is the feast of a Saint called John, whose Greek epithet “τῆς Κλίμακος – of the Ladder”) is often improperly
Another excerpt from the prologue of the Rule of St Benedict, the conclusion of which is particularly suitable for this week, as the Church prepares
Since we just passed the feast of St Benedict, here is part of the prologue of his famous Rule, which his biographer St Gregory the
In the Byzantine tradition, Pope St Gregory I is given the epithet “Διάλογος – the Dialogist.” This comes from a collection of stories of the
March 15th, the Ides of March in the ancient Roman dating system, is of course the single most famous date in ancient Roman history, the
On this day in the year 840, one of the biographers of Charlemagne, a man named Einhard, died at the age of roughly 65. (His
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Pope St Gregory I in the year 604, after a reign of 13½ years. His feast was
In the Eastern churches, among the most famous of the early martyrs is a group of forty soldiers who died for the Faith during the