Juliana of Amisus

Holy Martyr Juliana of Amisus suffered around the year 310, in the persecution of the Emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311), together with the virgins Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Euphemia and Theodosia. The Church commemorates them on 2 April (new style).

The seven virgins were seized in the city of Amisus, on the shore of the Black Sea. At the interrogation they confessed their faith and for this were subjected to harsh tortures. They were stripped and beaten with rods, their breasts were cut, then they were hung and their bodies scraped with sharp hooks. At the end, the holy virgins were burned alive in a heated furnace.