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- His feast day is celebrated each year on January 18th.
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The Feast of Pentecost, which is celebrated fifty days after Easter, commemorates the "outpouring'' of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and marks the beginning of the mission of the Church to the world.
May 2, 2024 · Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy.
Jul 5, 2024 · Saint Athanasius had Trebizond for his homeland. He first entered the monastic life on the mountain called Kymaeos or Kyminas, which is in Mysia of Bithynia, then he went to Mount Athos and founded a large monastery, which is known as the Great Lavra.
May 2, 2012 · The memory of Saint Athanasius is celebrated also on January 18 with Saint Cyril of Alexandria. Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria, was a great Father of the Church and a pillar of Orthodoxy.
Jan 18, 2013 · (Commemorated on September 5) St. Athanasius was born at the very end of the third century, near the city of Alexandria in Egypt. One day the bishop of Alexandria was in his home gazing through a window at the beach.
May 9, 2020 · On the worldwide calendar, some saint feasts such as St. Athanasius are obligatory, while the majority are optional (for example, Our Lady of Lourdes on May 13). In the United States, St. Damien de Veuster is celebrated on May 10 (perhaps in Belgium as well) and St. Isidore the farmer on May 15 .