Saint Lydia of Thyatira: Seller of Purple, First Named Convert in Europe and Patron of Dyers
Saint Lydia of Thyatira, the seller of purple in Acts 16, welcomed Saint Paul at Philippi and was baptized with her household. She is patron of dyers and merchants.
Saint Olga and Saint Vladimir the Great: Equal to the Apostles and Enlighteners of Rus
Saint Olga and Saint Vladimir the Great: the regent and the grand prince of Kyiv, the Baptism of Rus, and the chronicle legends set apart from the documented facts.
Saints Cyril and Methodius: Apostles to the Slavs and Co-Patrons of Europe
A biography of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the ninth century brothers from Thessalonica known as the Apostles to the Slavs, with the Glagolitic alphabet and what is documented and what is tradition.
Saint Olga of Kyiv: Princess Regent, First Christian Ruler of Rus and Equal to the Apostles
The biography of Saint Olga of Kyiv, princess regent of Kyivan Rus, with the sources, the dispute over her baptism, the Drevlian revenge stories and her place in Orthodox and Eastern Catholic worship.
Saint Volodymyr the Great: Grand Prince of Kyiv, Baptizer of Rus and Equal to the Apostles
The pagan prince of Kyiv who accepted Byzantine Christianity in the late tenth century, told from the Primary Chronicle and the disputes over his baptism.