Saint Magdalena from Mălainita; St. Holy Mc. Lucian, the priest from Antiochtranslated

Orthodox calendar, October 15 Saint Magdalena from Mălainita  Saint Mandălina was born in 1895, on November 22 (old style), the day after the feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Church, in a family of faithful people from the village of Sciubic. Her father, Milenko Ilić, was of Serbian origin, and her mother, Milca, Romanian from the old Cătălinici family from Transylvania. At her baptism, performed on December 3/16, she received the name of Mandălina (Magdalena), a sign of her call to a life of humility and service.

From an early age, he showed love for prayer and the Church. Although girls were not encouraged to study in those days, she learned to read, receiving from God the gift of wisdom and steadfast faith.

At the age of 19, on the day of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 1914), he got married in the neighboring Romanian village of Mălainita. But God's will was different: her husband, Milos, fell in the First World War, leaving her a widow with a small child. Then Saint Mandălina strengthened her faith, always saying: "God sees", a word that became her soul seal.

During the Bulgarian occupation (1915-1918), priests were arrested and killed, and…