December 6
1305: Demise of Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus, who had stood for the Russian Orthodox Church in times of troubles.
1492: Christopher...
December 5
532: Repose of St. Sabas, a hermit and the leader of an early monastic movement. He travelled widely preaching against heresy and founded...
December 4
749: John of Damascus, the famous Greek Orthodox theologian and poet, passes away near Jerusalem. Being a great doctor of the Greek church,...
December 3
1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, returns to England after six years of exile in France.
1552: Repose of Francis Xavier, one of...
December 2
1381: Repose of Jan Van Ruysbroek, the mystic, known as "the Ecstatic Doctor". He is known for the work The Spiritual Espousals (1350), a commentary...
January 27
417: Pope Innocent I excommunicates Pelagius, who taught that human beings, having natural, God-given free will, can freely choose to obey God's commands.
537:...
