Feast Day: October 8th
The Life of Saint Pelagia: When the Saint learned of this, she asked the soldiers to let her go and change her clothes. Lifting her hands and her eyes to Heaven, she Prayed fervently to God not to allow the soldiers to rape her, but that she might depart this life as a pure virgin. Then she opened a window and jumped out, sustaining fatal injuries. Thus, she delivered her pure Soul to God, in order to preserve herself from being defiled by the boorish soldiers. She was just fifteen years old…
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Short talk about: Saint Pelagia the Virgin Martyr and Saint Pelagia the Repentant Harlot
Prayers
Kontakion – Tone 2: Finding your most revered temple to be a source of healing for our Souls, we the faithful cry out to You with a loud voice: “O most renowned Virgin Martyr Pelagia, entreat Christ God unceasingly on behalf of us all.”
