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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Sophia of Egypt

A Christian woman of Egypt, martyred for her faith in Christ around 200.

Feast
September 18old style October 1
Reposed
2002nd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Sophia of Egypt is commemorated as a martyr who suffered around the year 200. The Greek synaxarion remembers her together with Saint Irene, both martyred by the sword, on 18 September, by the calendar of the Church of Greece. Other lists place her among the martyrs Ariadne, Irene, Sophia, Castor and Theodora. The sources consulted preserve no other details of her life.

Commemorated the same day September 18