Augustine came from Thagaste in North Africa and received education at Carthage before teaching rhetoric in Italy. In Milan, Ambrose helped him approach Scripture, and his encounter with Christian faith brought a decisive change of life. After baptism he returned to a life of religious commitment and eventually became bishop of Hippo. His ministry included extensive preaching and writing amid theological disputes. The Confessions and The City of God remain among his best-known works. The OCA life emphasizes his wish to communicate clearly, placing the understanding of his hearers above the pursuit of polished language.
David IV became king of Georgia while still young, taking responsibility amid displacement and political disorder. The OCA life remembers his support for Church reform and the return of people who had fled their homes. He founded Gelati monastery and its academy, gathered scholars, and supported Georgian churches beyond his kingdom. He also visited sick people and carried money for almsgiving. His interest in Scripture and learning continued alongside government. The Church remembers his penitential writing as part of his legacy, placing repentance and care for others beside the achievements of a powerful ruler.
Theosebia is remembered in the OCA life as a deaconess from the family of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebaste. Her service included caring for sick people, giving food to those without secure shelter, raising orphans, and helping women prepare for baptism. She also accompanied Gregory of Nyssa during his exile and shared the hardship of his journeys. Gregory the Theologian praised her after her death. Although the surviving account is brief, its details place her ministry among concrete human needs and the practical work through which a church community receives and supports people.
After the death of her husband, Xenia embraced poverty and an unusual life of devotion in Saint Petersburg. Her traditional life describes ridicule endured with humility and help offered quietly to others, including work carried out for a church.
Yaropolk Izyaslavich, baptized Peter, was the son of Prince Izyaslav and grandson of Yaroslav the Wise. The OCA life records diplomatic journeys undertaken for his father to Poland, the German emperor, and Rome. He began construction of a church dedicated to Saint Peter at Saint Demetrius Monastery. A retainer murdered him in 1086, and he was buried in Kiev. The surviving account reviewed for this entry is brief; it does not establish a detailed personality assessment or justify quiz matching.
Anna is honored as the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus according to the flesh. Orthodox tradition places her within a faithful family shaped by worship and devotion to God. The Church commemorates her peaceful falling asleep in Jerusalem and also remembers her together with Joachim. Anna’s place in the Church’s memory gives particular dignity to the care that passes faith between generations. Her life invites attention to the people who nurture others quietly, often without knowing how their patience, love, and example will bear fruit in the future.
The directory indexes the OCA full-year calendar, including leap-day commemorations, alongside additional researched profiles. Calendar entries include individual saints, groups, icons and feasts. An entry count is not a count of unique saints. Categories are provisional; follow the linked Orthodox source.
Dates show commemorations in the referenced calendar year. Movable feasts change annually, and local calendars may differ. Additional jurisdictions, original biographies and icon research remain in progress. This collection does not yet claim complete Eastern Orthodox coverage.
Calendar metadata was retrieved through Orthocal’s source repository and the Orthodox Church in America. Source-only calendar records link to their original accounts; researched profiles include individually sourced artwork.
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