Saints of Switzerland

Description

Over the last hundred years, the Eastern Orthodox
Church has been rediscovering her western heritage, spurred on by large
migrations from traditionally Orthodox countries to regions divided from the
Church since the Great Schism. One key to this resource has been the compilation
and addition into the church’s menologion (liturgical calendar) of western
saints of the first millennium. In the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of
Russia, this effort was spearheaded by a contemporary saint in his own right —St
John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco.

The land of Helvetia, modern-day Switzerland, can herself boast of a
great legacy of zealous followers of Christ. At St John’s urging, ROCOR added
ancient Helvetia to its official calendar. Over time, the Church has added to
this list with the aim of encouraging wider appreciation and veneration of local
saints like, Maurice, Gall, Severin, and Clotilde.  Here, we present brief lives
of these early saints as an aid for pilgrims, travelers, and all who wish to
deepen their understanding of the Church as truly Universal.

 Also included are troparia to individual saints, an Akathist, sheet
music for a pattern melody, service texts for remembering the Synaxis of the
Saints of Switzerland liturgically, as well as maps and illustrations.