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- Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Love, at Rome (137)
- Sophia was a widow in Rome in the time of the Emperor Hadrian, and
raised her three daughters in the Faith. When the four of them were
brought before the persecutors, Faith was twelve years old, Hope was
ten, and Love was nine. Ordered to make sacrifice to the goddess
Artemis, all of them humbly refused. All three daughters were tortured,
then executed, before their mother's eyes. Sophia buried their bodies
and mourned at their grave for three days and nights, then fell asleep
in peace. For her steadfastness and solidarity with her daughters'
sufferings she is counted as a martyr along with them. Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek; the three daughters' names in Greek are Pistis, Elpis, and Agape; in Ukrainian, Vira, Nadia, and Liubov. They are represented on many icons.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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