The innumerable company of Saints
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Date: 26 June 2005 23:30:34
With the joyful celebration yesterday of all the faithful who have gone before us still ringing in my ears, I eagerly looked to see who was commemorated in the Church calendar today. From today, each day I shall try to read a short summary of the life of at least one Saint, through the Orthodox Church in America's site. Arising a bit earlier today, I managed to get two in before I need to leave for work. It is a true blessing not only to reflect on their life which they set aside for God, but also to see the diversity in whom God calls.
 [Icon from OCA] St Joanna the Myrrhbearer was one of the women following and attending the Lord Jesus Christ during the time of His preaching and public ministry. She is mentioned in Luke 8:3 and 24:10. |  [Icon from OCA] St. Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople was born of rich parents in Rome, but took a different path and settled in a small house in Constantinople where he took in homeless wanderers, the poor and the sick, and attended to them. |