(Feast Day ~ September 17)

The process of bringing Christianity to a pagan world was a slow, arduous one. Our liturgical calendar is full of celebrations for those who accomplished this task – from the holy Apostles and their disciples, to the num...

(Feast Day ~ September 16)

From Saints of the British Isles by Andrew Bond and Nicolas Mabin

St. Ninian was born in Scotland about the year 360, the son of a Christian chieftain. Having been baptized as a child, before he was five years old, St. N...

(Feast Day ~ September 16)

January in the year 250 was not a safe time for Christians. The Emperor Decius, whose harassment of those who followed Christ had been sporadic at first, suddenly began zealously carrying out persecution. He ordered all ...