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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Domnica of Carthage

Virgin of Carthage

Virgin of Carthage who converted four pagan maidens at Alexandria and was baptized at Constantinople.

Feast
January 8old style January 21
Reposed
4745th century
Place
Constantinople
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Domnica was a virgin of Carthage in the fourth century. The Orthodox Church honours her as Venerable Domnica of Constantinople and commemorates her on 8 January. She fell asleep in the year 474.

From Carthage she went to Alexandria, where she brought four pagan maidens to Christianity. Together with them she came to Constantinople, in the time of the emperor Theodosius the Great, around the year 384. There she was baptized by Archbishop Nectarius.

Domnica gave herself wholly to God and became a nun.

Commemorated the same day January 8