September 27: Saint Neomartys Aquilina is celebratedtranslated

Today, September 27, the Church honors the memory of the Apostles from the Oth Aristarchus, Mark and Zeno, the Martyrs Kallistrata and Gaiana and the Saint Neomartyros Akylina.

Lambros Skontzos, Theologian, writes

Agia Neomartys Akylina: The famous nymph of Christ A category of New Martyrs are also the young girls, who, despite their premature age, confessed their saving faith in Christ, were tortured and lost their lives, from the fury of the non-religious and barbaric tyrant Turks. One of them was the holy glorious Neomartys Akylina from Thessaloniki. A truly glorious nymph of Christ. A fragrant flower of the Christian meadow.

She was born in the village of Zagliveri in Thessaloniki, in the province of Lagada, in 1745, where her ruined house is preserved to this day. Her father's name was George, while her mother's name is unknown. They were Christians and lived an ordinary rural life. Their daughter Akylina lived with them and had rooted faith in Christ in her childhood soul. She had unusual physical beauty.

When Aquilina was 19 years old, a tragic event happened. Her father had an argument with some Turk and over the…