St. Cuv. Mc. Anastasia Romana; St. Cuv. Abraham and Mary, his niecetranslated

Holy Pious Martyr Anastasia Romana He lived during the time of the emperors Decius (250-253) and Valerian (253-260), governor of Rome being Prov, while the great persecution against the Christians had started again.

Romanian by birth, young in age, Saint Anastasia was at that time in a small community of Christian virgins, who lived hidden among orchards and gardens, near Rome, where an improved nun, namely Sofia, was abbess.

Orphaned at the age of three, Anastasia had been taken by the old Sofia and brought up in this monastery, where she overwhelmed all other young women of her age with her beauty and love for Christ.

As much as she was hidden from the world, people still learned about her beauty and wisdom and many asked her to marry her. But the virgin remained unshaken in her love for Christ and wanted to be the bride of the Lord Jesus for the rest of her life.

Hearing about this 19-year-old Christian virgin, the Provost sent soldiers to look for her and, finding her, they brought her to him in chains. And the governor advised her to look for a man and get married and, returning, worship the gods, so that her beauty would not...