Euphemia of Amisus

Holy Martyr Euphemia of Amisus suffered in the year 310, in the time of the Emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311), together with the virgins Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana and Theodosia. They were seized in the city of Amisus, on the shore of the Black Sea, during the persecution.

At the interrogation they confessed their faith and for this were subjected to cruel torments. They were stripped and beaten with rods, their breasts were cut off, then, hung up, their bodies were scraped with sharp hooks. At last the holy virgins were burned alive in a heated furnace.

The Synaxarion commemorates all seven on 2 April (new style).