Digital material: Saints of Novembertranslated

In the digital content of the month of November, we find Saint Catherine the Great Martyr, one of the most famous saints of Christianity, but also other women whose names are less known to the general public.

Among them are also 3 mothers: Saint Theodota, mother of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Saint Silvia, mother of Saint Gregory the Dialog, and Saint Antuza, mother of Saint John Golden Mouth. Three women who had an important role in the formation of future saints of the Church.

St. Mc. Chiriena and Iuliana from Cilicia – November 1 Icon of St. Chiriena Saint Cyrene was from Tarsus and Saint Juliana was from Rosos, two cities in Cilicia, a historical region in southern Anatolia, in present-day Turkey.

The two saints lived during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. They were caught by the pagan soldiers, imprisoned and urged to sacrifice to idols, but the saints strongly resisted.

The soldiers tortured Chiriena first. They cut her hair and eyebrows, took her clothes and put her on a donkey. Surrounded by soldiers, children who hit her with sticks, people who mocked her, the saint was...