Память святой мученицы Матроны Солунской

Saint Matrona was the slave of a Jewish woman named Pautila, the wife of the Thessalonica 2225 governor. From her youth she was enlightened by the Christian faith. Her mistress forced her to apostatize and convert to her pagan evil faith, and since she did not obey, her mistress tormented her greatly. The saint often received many wounds from her; but she endured everything with zeal for the sake of Christ and went to church secretly from her mistress. One day Pavtila, having learned that Matrona was in the Christian church, told her: – Why didn’t you go to our synagogue, but went to the Christian church? Blessed Matrona answered boldly: – Because God is present in the Christian Church, but He retreated from the Jewish synagogue. That's why I don't go to synagogue, but to church. Then Pautila became even more angry, beat Saint Matrona without mercy and, having tied her up, imprisoned her in a dark closet. But the next morning the saint was found by the power of God released from her bonds and glorifying Christ. And again the mistress beat her with hard veins almost to death; then she tied her even tighter, confined her again in that closet and sealed the doors so that no one could enter her and give her any relief. In such confinement, the saint, strengthened by God, remained without food or drink for four days. After this, Pautila, having removed the seals and opened the doors, found Matrona again released from her bonds and standing in prayer. Then, flying into a terrible rage, she mercilessly began to beat Matrona with thick sticks and, when the saint could barely breathe, she imprisoned her in the same room where the saint died, betraying her spirit to God. The hard-hearted woman threw down the body of Saint Matrona; her dwelling was high. The Christians, having raised the long-suffering body of the holy martyr Matrona, buried him with honor. Subsequently, Alexander, Bishop of Thessalonica, created a church in the name of the saint, where he placed her honorable relics 2226. The tormentor Pautila soon suffered the judgment of God that she deserved. At the very place where she threw down the body of Saint Matrona from a high wall, she herself then accidentally slipped, fell and, breaking, miserably ejected her accursed soul from her body 2227. Thessalonica (otherwise known as Thessalonica) is the capital of one of the regions of Macedonia. Currently it is called Thessaloniki and is located in European Turkey on the northern shore of the Gulf of Thessaloniki. In Solun St. ap. Paul preached the Gospel; for residents of the designated region and city by the same St. The apostle wrote two epistles. Relics of St. Matrons were known in the 6th and 7th centuries. under the Emperor of Mauritius and miracles were performed from them. St. suffered Matrona in the 3rd or 4th century. You might be interested in: