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April 7
George was born to Constantine and Irene and entered the monastic life. He later became metropolitan of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. During the reign of Leo the Armenian, he defended the veneration of icons and suffered persecution. In 816 he was sent into exile at Cherson, where he died. He is remembered as a confessor of the faith.
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February 11
George came from Kratovo and learned the goldsmith’s craft. After his father died, he moved to Sofia and lived with a priest who instructed him in Scripture. The received life describes pressure to abandon his Christian faith and his repeated refusal. During imprisonment he asked his priest for help obtaining his release and for prayer. He was killed in Sofia in 1515. Christians later recovered his body and buried him at the church of Saint Marina.
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May 1
Gerasimus, born Gregory, received monastic formation under Daniel of Pereslavl before seeking a quieter life near Smolensk. The OCA describes attacks by robbers, suspicion from local residents, and imprisonment as a vagrant. He answered mistreatment with prayer rather than retaliation. Once able to receive disciples, he built a church and cells at Boldino and established further communities at Vyazma and near the Zhizdra River. His guidance included practical arrangements for communal governance and final instructions to the abbots and monks. He died in 1554. His commemoration remembers persistent community building after a difficult beginning, with authority directed toward sustaining other people's monastic life.
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January 24
Gerasimus served as a bishop of the newly Christianized communities of Perm after Stephen's missionary work. The OCA remembers his concern for villages exposed to raids: he visited the camps of those responsible and urged them to stop pillaging defenseless residents. His episcopate also involved participation in wider church affairs, although the page's council chronology needs comparison. He was killed during a pastoral journey in 1441. His commemoration remembers a bishop who addressed threats to his flock directly rather than treating their safety as someone else's concern.
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May 12
Germanus entered monastic life after violence against his family and studied Scripture before becoming Bishop of Cyzicus. As Patriarch of Constantinople, he defended the veneration of icons against the policy of Leo III. The conflict ended in his removal from office and retirement to a monastery. His written teaching continued to matter after his death: letters on icons were read at the Council of Nicaea in 787. The OCA also remembers writings on the liturgy, Scripture, church history, and feasts of the Theotokos. His commemoration joins a costly public confession with teaching that helped later generations understand the Church's worship.
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February 23
Gorgonia was the daughter of Gregory of Nazianzus and Nonna, and the sister of Gregory the Theologian. Much of her remembered life comes from her brother’s funeral oration. Married to Alypios and the mother of five children, she cultivated Christian devotion within family life. She welcomed relatives in need and strangers into her home, cared about widows, and gave generously to poor people and churches. Her brother praised the way she combined marriage, prayer, and self-restraint. Her commemoration honors the household as a setting for hospitality and a lasting example of faith.
Read the saint’s lifeThe 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 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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