Τετάρτη 13 Οκτωβρίου 2010

Charitina the Martyr

Reading from the Synaxarion:

Saint Charitina contested for Christ during the reign of Diocletian, in
the year 290. The handmaid of a certain Claudius, she was betrayed as
a Christian to Dometian, the Count, before whom she fearlessly
confessed Christ. After suffering the most terrible tortures, including the
uprooting of her teeth and nails, she gave up her soul into the hands of
the Lord.

Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my
Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with Thy
baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign
with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me
offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our
souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy.

Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Reddened with martyric blood, thou wast arrayed in Heaven's beauty
splendidly, when thou hadst overcome the foe, O Charitina, and thou didst
cry: Thou art the joy of the Martyrs, O Christ our God.

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