Память святой мученицы Фелицаты и семи сыновей ее

Saint Gregory, Pope 994, teaches us about this holy martyr Felizata in his interpretation of the Gospel in the following words 995. “When the Jews said to the Lord: “Behold Your Mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak with You” (Matthew 12:47), the Lord called His brothers and sisters and His mother those who believe in His Name and do the will of His Heavenly Father, not by carnal kinship, but by unity of spirit. This Saint Felicata was a Roman, from a wealthy family; she had seven sons. Having loved Christ, she distributed all her property to the poor and confessed before the pagan king and judges that she was a Christian 996. Enduring the severity of persecution, she strengthened the hearts of children in love for the heavenly fatherland. By faith she was a servant of Christ, and her sons were called brothers of Christ because of their unity of faith and courageous patience.” “We saw,” continues the holy father, “male valor in a woman’s breast: she fearlessly faced death, thereby teaching the true knowledge of God. Thus, I also called this wife not only a martyr, but also more than a martyr, because she looked at the torment of her seven sons and herself, being tortured, only wanted the children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven before her and not deviate from the path to it; The holy mother-martyr feared for her living children, rejoiced for the dying, and was exalted by the fact that seven sons before her entered the Kingdom of Heaven, where she herself, the eighth, followed them, suffering a martyr’s death with her children for the sake of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ” 997. Saint Gregory Dvoeslov; his memory is March 12 Here, of course, is conversation III, delivered to the people in the church of St. Felitsata on the day of her martyrdom. The priests accused St. Felicity before the emperor that by spreading Christianity, she insults the gods. The Emperor handed over to St. mother and children to prefect Publius. Sons of St. The Felicates had the names: Jannuarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitaly and Martial. The suffering of these saints martyrs date back to the time of Emperor Antoninus, who reigned from 138 to 161. The first of the sons of St. Felitsaty was brutally flogged and thrown into prison; the second was marked with lead rods; the third and fourth were killed with sticks, the fifth was thrown from a high place; the sixth and seventh were beheaded with the sword, after which their mother was beheaded. You might be interested in: