ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ On December 15 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Eleftherios, the Patron Saints of expectant mothers and of childbirth. Eleftherios was among the first and youngest to carve a niche for himself in Christianity in the eternal city of Rome, where he astounded his elders with his prodigious intellect and early development. This wonder saint was the son of noble and prominent parents. He was born in Rome, where his father was an official in the imperial service, though he died in the saint’s childhood. His mother, Anthia, had heard the Gospel from Saint Paul and was, in fact, baptized by him. Given the fact that she was a widow, she entrusted her son’s education to the Bishop of Rome, Anacletus (or Anectus or Anencletus). The Bishop saw how promising the young boy was and how he was illumined by the grace of God and so ordained him deacon when he was no more than fifteen, a priest at eighteen and bishop at twenty. As bishop in Illyricum, Eleftherios pro