Patron Saints 

I love St Ephrem. He chose me too. He is a truly great saint!

Recently read his Spiritual Psalter and deeply appreciated it.

Ephraim chose me too, I was Chrismated a couple months ago. I love him!!

Wow, amazing. God bless❤

It happens that way. Glory to God ☦️

Because you did not mention mine I'm going to. The Holy Martyrs Sergej and Bacchus (Oktober 20th). Aswell as St. Nicholas of Myra (December 19th). Whats interesting about Slavas the day or the period your Slava is on/in decides what kind of food is eaten on that day. For example St. Nicholas of Myras feast day is on December 19th which is during the Christmas fast which means on this day the family will prepare fish (funny cause he's the Patron of Sailors). If a Slava like our other one falls on wensdays or Fridays we will also malke fish. The Slava is usullay first celebrated at Church with the cutting of the "Slavski Kolac" which translated would mean feast cake. It's not a cake rather a big loaf of Bread that is decorated with a cross and other symbols. The Priest will take the "cake" and spin it with the family while singing the Troparion of that Saint. The bread is then taken home and served with the food ( i forgot to mention Koliva is also part of it) Family and friends are invited to celebrate aswell as the Priest. (Note: The "Cake" cutting can be performed at home aswell.

My Dad added St. Nicholas of Myra to our families Patrons for a miracle that happend to him when he was younger. He was driving. At night. In Serbia. Without lights. On a slim bridge. I belive in winter because that's when the Saints feast day takes place ( although St. Nicholas has two of them). As my dad recalls he crashed the car into the bridge. The car was unrecognizibale. He didn't die. To thank St. Nicholas for his help my dad added him to our Patron Saints. My Mom's would be St. John the Forerunner, Prophet and Baptizer. Glory to God

I’d love to visit st sava Orthodox cathedral

@@logangriffith4950 so would I. God willing one day we will

Amen! We will do a video on St Stephan of Perm eventually. He really is fantastic

You are 17? I am 41 and just now seeing how beautiful the Eastern Orthodox is. My life would have been so much less drama if I started at your age. By the time you are my age, you will have gained so much knowledge where I just began. You are very blessed and I’m so happy for you. ☦️

Cheers! It was fun to discover the track and it's appropriate to study the "good old way".

Glad you're enjoying them! God bless!

If you can find an Orthodox Church that does the Divine Liturgy in English, you will be welcomed. You don't have to be of the same ethnicity as the name of the church.

you don’t have to be the ethnicity of the church to be able to go there! It just shows what jurisdiction they are apart of. Russian and Greek Orthodox will still be teaching the same beliefs but may have small little t traditions. Like pews in the church, style of icons being slightly different, but nothing of significance

Ft Worth has tons of Orthodox churches!

@@MicahMarshall4Truth Sorry, maybe I should say relative to Catholic and Protestant churches. Also, I live in North Fort Worth, Keller area, so there aren't any relatively close to me. From what I see, there are 3 within a 30 minute drive. There are multiple other Orthodox churches listed, but most are Coptic. It's my understanding that Coptic churches are a part of the Oriental Orthodox Church. I could be wrong. Do you go to an Eastern Orthodox church in Fort Worth? Any recommendations?

@@jeremyfirth thanks. I'll need to look further into that. It would be nice to understand what's going on during the service! Lol!

Someone in the comments already explained it much better than i would, but I will try to be accurate. Every Serbian family has an holiday called "Slava". It is the feast day of an family's patron saint. For Serbs, it's the third most important religious holiday after Easter and Christmas. It has it's roots from the pagan slavic cult of family and ancestors. This tradition is theorized to have been adopted by the Serbs in the 9th century during the Christianization of the Slavs. The patron saint of an family was adopted by the patriarch of the family on the date of his baptism into the faith. The saint was usually the one who's feast day was during that day. The most popular saints among Serbian families are: St. Nicholas (19th December) St. George (6th May) John the Baptist (20th January) Archangel Michael (21st November) Paraskeva of the Balkans (27th October) St. Stephen (9th January) St. Luke the Evangelist (31st October) Saint Cosmas and Damian (14th November) My family's patron saint, for example, is Saint Tryphon (14th February). Slava is also practiced by institutions, cities, companies, organizations, political parties, you name it, it most likely has an Slava. Slava has become so engrained in Serbian culture, that it is also practiced by many atheists/nonreligious people, because of its connection with hereditary tradition. It has become more of an social event to meet with friends and family.

We tend to canonise by the name they used most in their life. Saint Olga of Alaska was known in her life as Olga. Meanwhile Saint Olga of Kiev was actually baptised "Helen" and Saint Vladimir was baptised "Basil", but they were canonised with the names they were known as, effectively "Christianising" those names. So it is still entirely possible to have new names, yes!

@@PatristixCool! I’ve been curious about that lately. Theres a very saintly lil old lady at my parish and I once wondered if she’s ever canonized, would she be known by the baptismal name she never goes by or by her legal name we all know and love. Glad to know this!

Saint Sophrony of Essex said a little of why there seem fewer female saints: "This is not because there are fewer holy women than men. There are more holy women, but holy women have hidden lives and can safeguard the mystical life. The Theotokos received great Grace from God. We do not have revelations that came from the Theotokos, but we know that she has great Grace and the Church feels this together with all those who pray to her." Meanwhile we have the following female saint videos on this channel: Saint Macrina the Younger: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nAN-xACbdxc.htmlsi=WMdfMlqQp49zmwtW An introduction to Saint Helana: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zs2xWU28T8Y.htmlsi=O2d4M59z20Lg-1cA Saint Lucia of Syracuse: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ksiKMmvLzvc.htmlsi=Rwc3ji-BrOgfY2KQ Saint Mary of Egypt: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aXRKBrxsAHg.htmlsi=kthWdv4ObKUO680R Saint Kassia the Hymnographer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jeMFKdFKUyY.htmlsi=lsElLE8LvDw-ZpF0 And of course, our Lady: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rS7JBF_M93I.htmlsi=9oiAvoNMO7zBTikh

Eleni/helen athousa ekaterine barbara sarah dominica tatiana euthasia neonilla xenia agnes bebeea athanasia eudoxia typhaena theodota theoctiste anna agatha theodora mariamne poulcheria apphia photine antionine anastasia dareia kallinike mary agape irene chiona diona nice/nike nounechia charisse elizabeth emily zoe glyceria christine marciane palladia theodosia . Short ist jan thru. May caledar.

* St Maria (Skobtsova) of Paris * St Phebronia of Nisibis * St Eurosia * St Joana (the myrh-bearer) * St Syncletica of Alexandria * St Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (also known as "Right-Believing Princess Anna of Novgorod") * St Mary of Qidun (niece of abba Abraham) * St Muirgen (also known as Lí Ban, "the mermaid saint") * St Catherine of Alexandria * St Xenia of Petersburg, a Fool for Christ

Not very unusual no, many female names are like that, even unexpected ones like Dorothy, Joanna, or Emily. It doesn't tend to happen much the other way around except of course for names of like Marius, Mario, or the popular Greek name of Panayiotis, all of which are after our Lady, the Theotokos.

@Patristix That's cool. I just assumed women would have to take a female saint as their patron. This really simplifies things. Of course, I'll have to ask my priest about it when the time comes. Thank you for your response!

😆 Don't worry, we will make a video on Saint David. It'll likely come out around his festival in early March 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Oh it's Orthodox. Nice video 👍💪