Память святых Еннафы, Валентины и Павлы

The holy martyrs Hennath, Valentina and Paul received martyrdom from Firmilian, the ruler of the Palestinian region. Saint Hennath came from Gaza 1301, and Saint Valentine came from the outskirts of the city of Caesarea 1302. Both of them were girls. First, Saint Hennatha was brought to Firmilian for trial. During interrogation, she courageously declared herself a Christian, and for this, by order of the ruler, she was first subjected to severe beatings, and then they hung her to a pole and began to plan her body. After this, Saint Valentine was brought to Firmilian. She was accused of disrespecting the pagan gods, and the ruler ordered her to sacrifice to idols. For this purpose, she was taken to a pagan temple that stood not far from the judgment seat. But when the saint was brought to the church, instead of making a sacrifice to the idols, she boldly threw a stone on the altar and turned her back to the fire blazing on it. Then Firmilian became enraged and ordered her to be mercilessly beaten in the ribs, and then sentenced her, and with her Saint Hennatha, to be beheaded with a sword. After everyone else, Saint Paul was brought to torture. By order of the ruler, she was subjected to various tortures, but, with the assistance of the grace of Christ, she endured her suffering with great courage, and the tormentor ordered her head to be cut off with a sword. Before the execution, she gave thanks to God and, bowing to the Christians present at the execution, bowed her head under the sword and thus surrendered her spirit to God 1303. Gaza is located on the Mediterranean Sea; in ancient times it was one of the five most famous Philistine cities and served as the limit of the Canaanites in the south of Palestine. From the 4th century, Gaza was already a Christian city, and in the 7th century it was conquered by the Mohammedans. At present, only ruins remain of the former famous Gaza, near which there is a new city with the same name - one of the rather flourishing cities of Palestine. Caesarea is a large city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean Sea, where Roman procurators, representatives of the Roman imperial power, resided. Currently, on the site of Caesarea there are only ruins covered with wild plants. They suffered under Maximian II Galeria in 308. You might be interested in: