Saint Margaret
the Great & Holy Martyr

July 17th
Troparion (Tone 5)
O glorious Margaret betrothed to God the Word, thou didst abandon all things earthly and contest victoriously as a virgin. For thou didst trample on the invisible foe when he appeared, O holy trophy-bearer, and thou dost now bestow gifts of healing on the world.

Margaret is an English translation of the name Marina. St. Margaret (or Marina) was born in a pagan household in Pisidian Antioch. When she heard of Jesus Christ when she was twelve, she immediately converted and determined to live her life totally committed to Christ as a virgin. Her father disowned her for this. The governor, Olymbrius, wanted to take her for his wife. When she refused, he tried to persuade her to sacrifice to idols. She refused to honor any but the living God. So the governor tortured her and threw her bleeding into prison. She was miraculously healed and encouraged by a resplendent vision of the Cross with a dove on it. The next day she was tortured by fire and water. She remained as though unharmed. Her tormentors were so enraged that they finally beheaded her. At the moment of her beheading the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to receive her, as witnessed by many who were there. She suffered in the year 270, during the reign of Diocletian. One of her hands is preserve in Vatopedi Monastery on Athos. There is a St. Marina Monastery in Albania, where more of her relics continue to work wonders and healings.

This Icon is by the hand of Nicholas Papas. The icon is from St. George's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Altoona, PA.

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