Saint
Emmelia
May
8th
Troparion (Tone
1)
Through thee the divine likeness was
securely preserved, O Mother Emmelia; for thou didst carry the
cross and follow Christ. By example and precept thou didst teach
us to ignore the body because it is perishable, and to attend to
the concerns of the undying soul. Therefore, doth thy soul
rejoice with the angels.
She was the mother of St Basil the Great, St. Macrina, St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Peter of Sebaste. She had wanted to remain a life-long virgin, but was forced to marry. She bore ten children. One died in infancy. The nine she so thoroughly grounded in Christian discipleship that at least four became recognized Saints in the Church, and all were faithful servants of the Lord and his Church. She founded a monastery in her old age, where she lived with her daughter Macrina, and where she entered into rest in the Lord on May 8th, 375. She is patron to those named Emily.
This icon is by the hand of Robert S. Burt.
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