During the 10th and 11th centuries, when the Byzantine Empire was at its zenith, the activity of Saracen pirates was also at its peak. They would raid the Aegean islands,
FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS On the 8th of November, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the rest of the archangels. The
The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers: Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the
