July 2 The Deposition of the Venerable Robes of our most holy Lady, the Theotokos at Blachernae Constantinople 

The Deposition of the Venerable Robes of our most holy Lady, the Theotokos at Blachernae Constantinople: During the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great (457-474), the brothers Galbius and Candidus, associates of the emperor, set out from Constantinople to Palestine to venerate the holy places. In a small settlement near Nazareth they stayed […]