Feast Day: January 26th
The Life of Saint Paula: Saint Paula became a friend of Saint Marcella, another widow who had organized a sort of religious sisterhood at her home on Rome’s Aventine Hill. This group of Roman ladies, who were drawn to a life of study and Asceticism, was led by Saint Jerome… Saint Jerome left for the Holy Land in 385, and Saint Paula decided to follow him. The Holy women then traveled to Bethlehem… Saint Jerome had settled in that vicinity, so Saint Paula bought a small house where she could be near her teacher and Spiritual Father. Her wealth enabled her to establish a hospital for pilgrims, a Monastery for Saint Jerome and his Monks, three women’s Monasteries, and a Church large enough to accommodate the Nuns from all three Convents…
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A Prayer
Kontakion: Having Divinely armed yourself with purity of Soul and firmly grasping unceasing Prayer as a spear, you slew the hordes of demons. Therefore, we beseech you, O Mother Paula: “Always intercede for those who honour you.”
