A calendar of the
living tradition.
Lives of the Saints — the Orthodox Calendar Company — publishes calendars, books, and devotional content drawn from every corner of the Christian world, for the faithful who keep the daily rhythm of the Church.
Begun in an
Orthodox home.
Founded in an Orthodox home, this work began with a desire to serve Christ and His Holy Church. We saw the need to go beyond names and dates on a calendar and to present the lives of the saints—their struggles, miracles, and wisdom—in a way that is clear and meaningful for everyday life. In 1996, we created our first calendar, offering concise reflections suited to the pace of the modern world. We strive to present the saints with reverence, including their miracles, as true testimonies of God’s grace. This work was blessed by Geronda Ephraim of Arizona of blessed memory, and continues with the hope of strengthening and encouraging the Orthodox faithful.
What has not changed is the conviction that began the work: the lives of the saints are not history. They are companions, witnesses, and patterns — a tradition the Church continues to live inside. Our job is to make it easy for the faithful to live inside it too.
“This book fills a niche that has been missing for the Orthodox Church.”
Three parts of a
single work.
The Calendar
Thirty-one annual editions — 384 pages, one saint each day, with gospel readings, fasting guidance, and the wisdom of the Fathers. Printed on uncoated stock, made to sit on a kitchen table.
The Shop
Books, icons, cards, and gifts — selected the way a monastery bookstore would stock them. Anchored by the Wisdom of the Divine Philosophers — patristic anthologies drawn from the Fathers of the Church, set for daily reading.
The App
A pocket companion to the calendar — daily readings, the full Daily Office, the fasting rule, and Ask the Fathers across the Philokalia and patristic classics.
Four principles, kept
since the first edition.
- One calendar, one Church
- Every feast is marked according to both the New (Revised Julian) and Old (Julian) reckonings inside a single calendar. A Greek parishioner and a ROCOR friend can use the same edition without either feeling like a guest.
- Living tradition, not history
- The lives of the saints are companions, not footnotes. We write them as stories — to be read with morning coffee, not skimmed as reference.
- Made in small, honest runs
- Our books and cards are produced with the same care that our faith asks of anything that enters the home. No throwaway print, no landfill-bound gift-shop trinkets.
- Every order funds the work
- Revenue supports new editions, and the free daily content on this site. Nothing is subsidized by ads or data.
A small work,
kept faithfully.
The first calendar
A single-family project — one family, one year, one photocopied edition of the saints of the day.
Since 2006
Ten annual editions, shipped across North America. The calendar finds its way into parish bookstores and monastery shops.
Worldwide
Orders from more than thirty countries — in Australia, South America, Africa, Asia, parishes across the diaspora.
Thirty-first annual
The 2026 calendar, a growing library of books and gifts, and the Lives of the Saints app — the daily work, carried into a new medium.
31 years in print,
now in your pocket.
The same daily rhythm of the Orthodox Church — saints, scripture, and fasting — delivered each morning. Free for seven days.
We read
every email.
Questions, wholesale inquiries, corrections — write directly and a real person will write back, usually within two days.
