Saint Fevronia

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Saint Fevronia was a sought-after nymph for her physical beauty. But so did her pure soul. For this reason, at the age of 17, she chose the path of exercise and temperance in the monastery where her aunt, Bryeni, was abbess and was located in Mesopotamia (in the city of Nisiveos, which is called Antioch of Mygdonia and was on the border of the Byzantine and Byzantine state).Quickly, despite her young age, she adapted to the difficult rules of the solitary life while also finding time to study and delve into the Holy Scriptures. She became an example among the other nuns for her prudence, her zeal, her willingness and her humble attitude.One day, however, a military body which was persecuting Christians, led by Selino (288 AD) also arrived at the monastery of Fevronia. The other nuns managed to escape, but Agia, who was sick, could not move. Abbess Vryeni and sister Thomais remained close to her.The soldiers, as soon as they saw Fevronia, were amazed by her beauty. So they left three men to guard her and the rest returned and reported it to their leader Selinus. He immediately ordered her to be brought before him, and in every way he pressed her to convert. He proposed to Fevronia to give her as a wife to his nephew Lysimachus, who would know great glory. Fevronia, however, preferred to become “a communicant of the future revelation of glory” (1 Peter, v. 1). She preferred, that is, to be a partaker of the glory that will be revealed at the second coming, and with too much courage she despised the proposals of Selinus, who, after tormenting her, finally put her to death with the sword.
Her memory is honored on June 25.