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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Prosdoce of Antioch

A martyr honored at Antioch, of whom little is known.

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Feast
April 14old style April 27
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Prosdoce of Antioch was the daughter of Domnina and the sister of Saint Bernice, virgins and martyrs of Antioch. According to Eusebius and Saint John Chrysostom, in the persecution of Diocletian, fearing for their chastity at the hands of the soldiers who had seized them, the three threw themselves into a river and drowned. The Orthodox and Catholic Churches honor them as martyrs. Commemoration on 14 April by the Roman calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day April 14