“How much time did she spend in front of the mirror?” - the story of a major girl who became a sainttranslated

October 21 is the feast day of St. Pelagia of Antioch. On this day, for the only time a year, Muslims from the village of At-Tur near the Russian Monastery of the Ascension on the southern peak of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem allow Christians to enter the mosque grounds for free so that they can pray in the cave at the tomb of St. Pelagia of Antioch.

Marina BORISOVA

Her life says that she was from Syrian Antioch and was there in the 5th century the most beautiful and frivolous girl and the first fashionista. And she led a life quite consistent with her reputation. One word: actress. And the Byzantine theater is not the ancient Greek one with its high tragedies. In Byzantium they loved circus performers, jesters, acrobats and mimes, among whom were women who performed in short tunics with a large neckline. Particularly popular were satirical clowneries about adultery, pimps and misers, and love affairs.

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