Память преподобных жен Марины и Киры

Reverends Marina and Kira came from the city of Beria in 1669 from noble and famous parents in the city. But they neglected the nobility of their origin and, having reached adulthood, retired outside the city, fenced off one small corner of the earth for themselves and, blocking the entrance to the shelter with stones and clay and leaving only a small opening for supplying them with the necessary food and conversations with those who came, they began to asceticize in a fenced place, in the open air. Glorifying God in their souls, the saints remained in silence all the time and interrupted it every fifty days for only one day. On their bodies, under their wide monastic robes, the saints wore very heavy iron chains and with extraordinary patience endured hunger and the suffering that resulted from it. For three years in a row they ate only once every forty days. Having once gone to worship the Life-Giving Sepulcher of the Lord, they did not take any food until they performed worship, and returning back, they covered the entire space of their path, which included 20 stages, without eating anything. They accomplished the same feat when they undertook a trip to the church of the holy martyr Thekla. Having glorified themselves with such an ascetic life, these holy women finally moved on to eternal life, which they so desired in 1670. The city of Beria was located in Syria to the east of the ancient capital of the Syrian kingdom of Antioch. They died around 450. You might be interested in: