Sebastiana

Holy Martyr Sebastiana was born in the city of Sebaste in Phrygia and received the Christian faith from the holy Apostle Paul, from whom she also took warmth and courage. She lived in the first century and used her life to proclaim Christ.

The synaxarion account says that when she was given to the fire and prayed, a great voice came from heaven, with lightning, thunder and so much hail that it put out the fire. Many were in danger, and the governor and the others fled. The saint then received the sword, and the verses say that milk, not blood, flowed from her wound. She is commemorated on 24 October (new style), on the day of the Great Martyr Arethas.