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- Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (270)
- She was born in Antioch of Pisidia to pagan parents; her father was a
pagan priest. When she was about twelve years old her mother died, and
she was given into the care of a woman who told her of the Gospel of
Christ. She was immediately filled with love for Christ and consecrated
her life to His service. Her father, hearing of this, was furious and
disowned her. When she was fifteen years old, she was brought before the
governor Olymbrius, who first desired to marry her and, when she
refused, ordered her to make sacrifice to the idols. She refused and
proclaimed herself a Christian. For this she was harshly tortured,
imprisoned, and finally beheaded. While she was in prison she was
tormented by demons, but drove them away by her prayers. For this reason
she is especially invoked for deliverance from demonic possession. One
of her hands is preserved at Vatopedi Monastery on the Holy Mountain,
and some of her relics are preserved at an Albanian Monastery dedicated
to her.
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