Priscilla of Asia

Holy Martyr Priscilla of Asia lived in the first century and is the same as Priscilla, wife of the Holy Apostle Aquila, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (18:2-18), in the Epistle to the Romans (16:3-4) and in the Second Epistle to Timothy (4:19).

Baptized by the Apostle Paul, Aquila and Priscilla became his faithful and zealous disciples. Priscilla shared with her husband all the hardships of apostolic labour. Together they instructed the Apostle Apollos and brought him to the faith; as the evangelist Luke writes, they explained to him the way of the Lord more accurately (Acts 18:26). According to tradition, Priscilla ended her life as a martyr, together with her husband, by death at the hands of the pagans.

Her name is not found in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. She is commemorated on 26 February, in the new style; the Greek Church keeps the memory of the Apostles Aquila and Priscilla on 13 February in the old style (26 February in the new style).