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During the time of the emperor Nero (54-68), who displayed excessive cruelty against Christians, Saint Photina lived in Carthage with her younger son Joses and fearlessly preached the Gospel there.
Saint Euphrosynus predicted that the Poles would come into this wilderness, and he advised everyone to flee. Many did not believe him. “Why then don’t you leave this place yourself?” they asked. The Elder replied, “I have come here to die for Christ.”
Saints John, Sergius, Patrick and others were slain in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas.
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The Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God manifested itself in the year 1103 at Smolensk.
The Holy Martyr Pancharius was a friend of the emperor Diocletian. He abandoned Christianity and became a pagan.
