Martyr
Anfia
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Feast
- October 12old style October 25
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Anfia is commemorated on 25 October. The time and place of her death are not known. According to the Greek synaxaria, she received a martyr's death inside a red-hot bronze bull. Her commemoration is in the Greek tradition on 20 and 25 October; her name is not included in the present Menologion of the Russian Church.
Commemorated the same day October 12
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