Orthodox Carthage and Northern Africa
Arrival of Orthodoxy:
1st Century: Some of the Seventy-Disciples
&
Saint Crescens
Some of the Sicilian Martyrs
North African Primacy:
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
through the 7th Century
Persecution:
8-10th
1st Century: Some of the Seventy-Disciples
&
Saint Crescens
Some of the Sicilian Martyrs
North African Primacy:
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
through the 7th Century
Persecution:
8-10th
Carthage, in addition to no longer existing in the modern day, is certainly one of the smaller regions of the historical Orthodox Church. We know, however, that size is not what makes the Church glorious. The glory of the Church is in God and his saints, and despite being the smaller of the Western Churches, the saints of Carthage and Northern Africa shine brightly. May we all live to see the return of a great See of Holy Orthodoxy in Northern Africa.
Informal Patron
Saint Monica
Saint Monica
Saint Perpetua the Martyr of Carthage & the Catechumens: Saturus, Revocatus, SAturninus, Secundulus and Felicitas
Informal Patron
Saint Quodvultdeus
Saint Quodvultdeus
The Orthodox Saints of Carthage and Northern Africa
Alypius of Thagaste
Date: b. ~4th century, d. ~early 5th century
Region: Tagaste (Modern Algeria)
Ministry: Bishop
Feast day: August 15
Region: Tagaste (Modern Algeria)
Ministry: Bishop
Feast day: August 15
Saint Arcadius of Mauretania
Saint Dativa
Saint Denise
Saint Fabius
Saint Felix of Hadrumetum
Saint Felix of Thibiuca
Saint Gaudiosus of Naples
Date: d. 455
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Bishop, originally in Abitina and later fled to Naples
Feast day: 27 October
Region: Proconsular Northern Africa
Ministry: Bishop, originally in Abitina and later fled to Naples
Feast day: 27 October
Saint Majoricus
Saint Martyrs of Massa Candida
Saint Monica of Hippo
Date: b. 332, d. 387
Region: Hippo & Ostia
Ministry: Faithful mother of Saint Augustine
Feast day: 27 August
Region: Hippo & Ostia
Ministry: Faithful mother of Saint Augustine
Feast day: 27 August