Feast Day: October 5th
The Life of Saint Charitina: Finally, they tied a stone around her neck and threw her into the sea. She cried out: “This is my Baptism.” Suddenly, the stone was loosened and sank, and God delivered her from the sea unharmed…
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Prayers
Troparion – Tone 3: Strengthened by Divine Grace you put to shame the power of ungodliness, and contended beyond the limits of nature; now you pour forth an unfailing stream of Grace upon those who cry to you, O Glorious Charitina.
Kontakion – Tone 4: Reddened with the Blood of Martyrdom, you were arrayed splendidly in the beauty of the Heavens, O Martyr Charitina, and you cried: “You are the joy of the Martyrs, O Christ.”
“Do not grieve, my master, but rejoice, for I am to become an acceptable Sacrifice to God, for my sins and for yours.”
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“It is true that I am a Christian, but it is a lie that I delude others. On the contrary, I lead them from deception to the path of truth, bringing them to my Christ.”
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Then the judge ordered the hair of Saint Charitina to be cut off, but by the power of God, her hair grew back even longer than before.
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Finally, they tied a stone around her neck and threw her into the sea. She cried out: “This is my Baptism.” Suddenly, the stone was loosened and sank, and God delivered her from the sea unharmed.
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