The governor ordered further tortures for Saint Marina, to put her in boiling water with her hands and legs tied to a pole. While she was in the water, Saint Marina looked up to Heaven and Prayed: “O God Who dwells in Heaven, I ask You to untie me, and to make this water a Baptism for me. Dress me with the robe of Salvation through it. Take away from me the old man and put on me the new man. Make me, with this Baptism, worthy to inherit the Life Eternal, and make my faith steadfast.” A great earthquake then shook the place, Marina’s ties were loosened, and she immersed herself in the water three times in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. She came out of the water praising God. A voice came from Heaven, and all the people who were gathered there heard it. The voice said: “You are blessed, Marina. You were Baptized, and became worthy of the Crown of Virginity.”

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