St. Great Mc. Christina; St. Mc. Ermogenestranslated

Orthodox calendar, July 24 Holy Martyr Christina The Holy Martyr Christina was originally from Tire (Phoenicia) and lived during the time of the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211).

She was the daughter of the great ruler Urban who, wishing to protect his daughter from the temptations of the world and to serve all the time in the temple of the pagan gods, gave her the highest tower of his palace as a residence, where the statues of the gods in gold and silver were placed.

Hristina, who believed in the true God of Christians, tore down her father's golden idols and distributed them to the poor. For this deed, by order of her father, Hristina was subjected to many tortures and left in that tower for several more years. When he took her out of there, Hristina had not renounced her Christian faith, and therefore Urban threw her into the sea, but she came ashore unharmed.

Locking her in the dungeon, her father was thinking about what kind of tortures to put her through to kill her. Overnight he died, and his successor, Dion, continued the series of tortures to which the Christian Christina was subjected. Finally, she received the crown of martyrdom for the courage with which she kept her faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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