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