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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Euphrasia of Nicaea

A martyr of Nicaea, put to death for her faith in Christ.

Feast
May 18old style May 31
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Euphrasia of Nicaea was born in Nicaea and received a martyr's death for Christ in the time of the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, at the end of the third century or the beginning of the fourth. After many tortures she was drowned in the sea.

Her name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Church. The Synaxarion commemorates her on 31 May (new style).

Commemorated the same day May 18