A Family of Saints!
Saint Macrina the Elder is Saint Basil the Elder’s mother.
Saint Emmelia’s father was a Martyr.
Saint Basil the Elder, Saint Emmelia of Caesarea, Saint Macrina the Younger, Saint Theosevia the Deaconess, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Naukratios of Mount Nitria, Saint Peter Bishop of Sebaste, Saint Gregory Bishop of Nyssa, and five other sisters who lived a righteous life.
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