Feast Day: October 20th
The Life of Saint Matrona: The Nuns then elected Matrona as the new Abbess. She showed charity to the poor, wept continuously out of love for God, acquired all the Virtues and grew in her eros towards God. For this she was able to heal the sick by the Grace of God, and even raise the dead…
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Prayers
Apolytikion – Tone 3: Following the steps of Christ, you left behind all the pleasures of the world, and imitated in the flesh the lifestyle of the Angels. Wherefore with the Gifts bestowed by the Spirit you brightened up your homeland, the island of Chios, O Maiden extolled by all. And therefore it cries out to you joyfully: Rejoice, O All-honorable Matrona.
Kontakion – Tone 3: In no wise was your femininity, seen as a hindrance O Matrona, towards your super human struggles and contests, putting them to shame, by your great mind O God-bearer, bringing great gladness, to the female race by your victories, taking away the reproach of defeat.
Megalynarion: Having poured forth the sweat of Asceticism, in Chios O Mother, as the stream of a spring, from which we draw from, Blessed Matrona, the cleansing of the passions of our perishable Soul.
Megalynarion: Having your revered Icon, glorious Matrona, as a lasting tower, we flee to it in times of all manner of danger, and we are redeemed from all harm.
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