HISTORY OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE St. Paul the Apostle (Feast Day: June 29th) was from Tarsus and was of the tribe of Benjamin. He became a pharisee while studying under Gamaliel and was present at the stoning of...
THE RELICS OF ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
HISTORY OF ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH St. Ignatius of Antioch (Feast Day: December 20th) was a Bishop of Antioch and was martyred around AD 107. He was a disciple of the Holy Apostles Peter and John and it thus...
THE RELICS OF ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST
HISTORY OF ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST St. Luke (Feast day: October 18th and others) was one of the 70 Apostles (Luke 10). He is the author of the Gospel according to Luke. St. Luke was a physician and the...
THE RELICS OF Sts CYRIL AND METHODIUS
HISTORY OF Sts CYRIL AND METHODIUS Sts Cyril and Methodius (Feast day: May 11th) were of Greek origin and were Christian missionaries to the Slavs. St. Photios the Great sent the saints to the Khazars, but Sts. Cyril and...
THE RELICS OF ST. HELEN EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES
HISTORY OF ST HELEN St Helen (250AD – 330 AD; Feast Day: May 21st) the Equal to the Apostles is famous for her piety. She is the mother of St. Constantine the Great (who was the first to...
ANCIENT CHINESE NESTORIAN STELE
NESTORIAN STELE HISTORY The Nestorian stele was made in Xi’an China in 781 AD. During the Tang Dynasty emperors were open to foreign culture and it was at this time the Nestorian monk Alopen began his travels along the...
THE RELICS OF ST. NICHOLAS OF JAPAN
St. Nicholas of Japan‘s relics are not located in a Church. If you have plans to visit Tokyo Japan and expect to see the relics of St. Nicholas at Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do), you will be disappointed. You can...
WELCOME TO RELICS HUNTER’S TRAVEL BLOG
Introduction Welcome to the travel blog RELICS HUNTER. The mission of this site is to inspire Christians to make pilgrimages to and venerate the holy sites and relics of the Church. The idea for this site came to me...