These relics (small pieces of bone were obtained from the Vatican and gifted in 1984 to the St. Photios National Shrine by the Three Hierarchs Church in Brooklyn, NY. Documents of Authenticity were provided by the Vatican. The Reliquary was gifted to the Shrine by Archbishop Lakovos. Each silver container in the Reliquary contains a relic of one of the following saints:

St. Paul - 1st Century - Feastday, June 29

St. Peter - 1st Century - Feastday, June 29

St. Titus - 1st Century - Feastday, August 25

St. Haralambos - 2nd Century - Feastday, February 10

St. Anthony the Great - 3rd Century - Feastday, January 17

St. Ambros - 4th Century - Feastday, December 7

St. Athanasios the Great - 4th Century - Feastday, May 2

St. Basil the Great - 4th Century - Feastday, January 1

St. Constantine - 4th Century - Feastday, May 21

St. Cyril of Jerusalem - 4th Century - Feastday, March 18

St. Gregory of Nazianzos - 4th Century - Feastday, January 25

St. Gregory of Nyssa - 4th Century - Feastday, December 7

St. Helena - 4th Century - Feastday, May 21

St. John the Chrysostom - 4th Century - Feastday, January 27

St. Nicholas of Myra (Santa Claus)- 4th Century - Feastday, December 6

St. Cyril of Alexandria - 5th Century - Feastday, June 9

St. Sabbas - 5th Century - Feastday, December 5

St. John of Damascus - 5th Century - Feastday, December 4

