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Saint of the Day  (November 5)  ✠ Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg ✠  Priest and Martyr:  Born: December 3, 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire  Died: November 5, 1943 (Aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany  Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church (Germany)  Beatified: June 23, 1996 Pope John Paul II  Major shrine: St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany  Bernhard Lichtenberg was a German Catholic priest who became known for repeatedly speaking out, after the rise of Adolf Hitler and during the Holocaust, against the persecution and deportation of the Jews. After serving a jail sentence, he died in the custody of the Gestapo on his way to the Dachau concentration camp. Raul Hilberg wrote: "Thus a solitary figure had made his singular gesture. In the buzz of rumourmongers and sensation seekers, Bernhard Lichtenberg fought almost alone."  He was beatif...

Saint of the Day  (November 5)  ✠ St. Zechariah ✠  Priest, Prophet, Guardian of Mary, Devotee:  Born : 1st century BC Hebron (Joshua 21:11), the Levant  Died : 1st century BC (or early AD) Jerusalem (Matthew 23:35), the Levant  Venerated in : Christianity Islam  Feast : November 5  Saint Zechariah is a figure in the New Testament Bible and the Quran, hence venerated in Christianity and Islam. In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron in the Gospel of Luke (1:67-79), and the husband of Elizabeth who is a relative of the Virgin Mary (Luke, 1:36).  Biblical account: According to the Gospel of Luke, during the reign of king Herod, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the course of Abia, whose wife Elizabeth was also of the priestly family of Aaron. The evangelist states that both the parents were righteous before God, since they were "blameless" in observing the commandments and ordinances of ...

Saint of the Day  (November 5)  ✠ St. Elizabeth ✠  Righteous :  Born : 1st century BC Hebron  Died : 1st century BC (or early AD) (probably Hebron)  Venerated in : Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Anglican Church Lutheran Church Islam  Feast : November 5  Patronage : Pregnant women  Saint Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zechariah, according to the Gospel of Luke.  Biblical narrative: According to the Gospel of Luke, Elizabeth was "of the daughters of Aaron" (1:5). She and her husband Zachariah were "righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless" (1:6–7), but childless. While he was in the temple of the Lord (1:8–12), Zacharias was visited by the angel Gabriel:  But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him Jo...