Память святой праведной Глафиры

The chaste and fearful maiden Glafira was in the service of the wife of Emperor Licinius 2810, Constantia. Having learned about the unclean intentions of the depraved Licinius, she retired from Nicomedia 2811 to Amasia 2812 and lived here under the protection and guard of Bishop Basil. Requested by Licinius for punishment, she went to him along with Bishop Vasily, but on the way she died 2813 and went to the heavenly monasteries. Emperor, Roman Licinius reigned from 311 to 324. Nicomedia is a city in the Asia Minor region of Bithynia, located in the northeastern corner of the bay formed by the Sea of Marmara. Nicomedia was built in 264 BC. Bithynian king Nicomedes I, after whom it was named. Nicomedia was the favorite residence of the Roman emperors and their generals when they made campaigns in the East. Currently, on the site of ancient Nicomedia there is the town of Ismid. Amasia was located in the northern part of Asia Minor, on the shores of the Black Sea. The death of Saint Glafira followed ca. 322 You might be interested in: