Todayaccording to calendarthey have … a feast the:
- Marina, Marine
Agia Marina
Saint Mary, (also known as Saint Margaret of Antioch in the Catholic Church) Christian saint and martyr of Asia Minor, who lived in the late 3rd century in Antioch of Pisidia, Asia Minor.
She is often confused with Saint Pelagia (as “Marina” is the same as the Greek name “Pelagia”), who was known as Margarita. But in reality, Agia Marina is not related to Agia Pelagia as the former came from Antioch of Pisidia and the latter from Antioch of Syria.
Saint Marina was born in Antioch, Pisidia, in Asia Minor. Her mother died shortly after her birth. Her father, who was a pagan, entrusted her upbringing to a Christian woman. This woman taught Agia Marina about Christianity.
At the age of 15 she revealed to her father that she was a Christian. Her father kicked her out.
After some time, the prefect Olymbrios also found out about Marina, who ordered her to be arrested for questioning. When he saw her before him, he admired her beauty and tried to convince her by all means to deny Christ and become his wife. But in vain. Agia Marina, in every effort of Olymbrio, contrary to the sentence: “I am Christian”. Then the cruel rector ordered her to be laid on the ground, and he mercilessly tore her with sticks so that the ground was red with the blood that flowed. Then, while she was bleeding, he hanged her for a long time and imprisoned her.
The following happened inside the prison. The devil, transformed into a fierce dragon, tried to frighten the saint. But she prayed to God and immediately the dragon changed shape and became a black dog and then the saint grabbed a hammer and hit him on the head and humiliated him.
When he examined her a second time and found that Saint Mary’s faith was steadfast in Christ, he burned her with lighted candles. But her wounds were miraculously closed, and as a result many of those present became Christians. Faced with this danger, the rector finally expelled Mírine, who thus received the unchangeable crown of eternal glory.
His holy relics were kept in Constantinople until its first conquest by the Laigns, in 1204 AD, and according to other sources they were there until 908 AD. in Antioch and then transferred to Italy. Today, the holy relics of Agia Marina are kept in Athens, in a church bearing her name, and her hand transferred to Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos.
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Ἦhos pl. a’. The Common Principal Log
Promised by the Word, O glorious Marine, you destroyed all relations between the Pygmies, and you shone brightly as a beauty, because you defeated the invisible enemy with your feet, O Athlete. And now you give gifts to the world of healers.