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ohlo opisthen, ipsato tou imatiou behind Him in the crowd and
Aftou. touched His garment.
Elege gar: Oti kan ton iamation Aftou She thought: If only I may touch His Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa
apsome, sothisome. garment, I shall be made well. Archdiocese of Good Hope
Ke evtheos exiranthi i pigi tou ematos And iImmediately the source of her
aftis, ke egno to somati, oti Iate apo bleeding dried up and she felt in her
tis mastigos. body that she was Healed of the
affliction.
Ke evtheos O Iisous - epingnous en Eafto And Jesus - immediately knowing in
tin ex Aftou Dinamin exelthousan -
epistrafis en to ohlo, lelege: Tis Mou
Himself that Power had gone out of
Him - turned around in the crowd
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ipsato ton imation? and asked: Who touched My
garment?
Ke And His Disciples
17 July
elegon afto i Mathite Aftou: Velpis said to Him: Thou
ton ohlon sinthlivonta Se, ke legis: see the multitude thronging Thee
Tis mou ipsato? and Thou ask Who touched Me?
Ke perievlepeto idin tin touto piisasan. And He looked around to see her who
had done so.
St Marina/Margarita
GREAT HOLY VIRGIN MARTYR OF ANTIOCH
I de Gyni, fovithisa ke tremousa, idiia O The woman, fearing and trembling,
gegonen ep afti, lithe ke prosepesen knowing what had happened to her, Also the Feast of St Nicholas, St Alexandra, St Tatiana, St Maria, St Alexis, St Olga & St
Afto, ke ipen Afto pasan tin Alithian. went and fell down before Him and Anastasia, Imperial Holy Martyrs of Russia St Irenarchos, Abbot of Solovki
told Him the whole truth. Monastery St Lazaros, Wonderworker of Mount Galesios, Ephessos St Leonid of
Ustnedumsk
O de ipen afti: Thigater, i Pistis Sou He said to her: Daughter, your Faith
sesoke Se. Ipage is Irnin, ke isthi has made you well. Go in Peace,
Igiis apo tis mastigos Sou. and be Healed of your affliction.
Adelphi, pro tou elthin tin Pistin ipo Brethren: before Faith came, we were
St Marina (also known as St Margaret, St Marguerite, St Margarita) lived in what Nomon - efrouroumetha kept under guard by the Law kept
is now modern-day Pisidia, Turkey, in the early fourth century. sigkeklismeni is tin mellousan Pistin for the Faith that would afterward be
St Marina was born in Asia Minor, in the city of Antioch of Pisidia (southern Asia apokalifthine. revealed.
Minor), into the family of a pagan priest.
In infancy she lost her mother, so her father put her into the care of a nursemaid,
Oste O Nomos Pedagogos imon - Therefore, the Law was our Tutor - to
who raised St Marina in the Orthodox Christian Faith. gegonen is Hriston, ina ek Pisteos bring us to Christ, so that we might
Upon learning that his daughter had converted to Christianity, the father angrily Dikeothomen. be Justified by Faith.
disowned her. Elthousis de tis Pisteos ouketi ipo After Faith has come, we are no longer
It was during the time of the incalculable persecution against Christians under pedagogon semen. under a Tutor.
Emperor Diocletian (284-305).
At the tender age of fifteen, St Marina was arrested and imprisoned.
Pantes gar ii Theou este dia tis Pisteos en You are all sons of God through Faith
Hristo Iisou. in Christ Jesus.
However, with unwavering Faith in the Divine Will of God and His Help, the
young Holy Martyr prepared for her impending contest. Osi gar is Hriston Evaptisthite, Hriston For as many of you as were Baptised
The Governor, Olymbrios, charmed by her beauty and purity, tried to persuade enedisasthe. into Christ have put on Christ.
her to renounce the Christian Faith and marry him. Ouk
But the Saint adamantly refused all his offers, whereupon the vexed, frustrated
eni Ioudeos oude Ellin; ouk eni There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is
doulos oude eleftheros; ouk eni arsen neither slave nor free; there is
Governor handed her over to the executioners for the most hideous of
ke thili. neither male nor female.
tortures.
Having beaten her fiercely, they nailed the young Holy Martyr to a board and Pantes gar imis is este en Hristo Iisou. You are all one in Christ Jesus.
tore at her body with tridents. I de imis Hristou, ara tou Avraam If you are Christs then you are
Governor Olymbrios was unable to watch the horror of these brutal tortures on
sperma, este ke kat Epangelian Abrahams seed, and Heirs according
such an innocent and pure body, so he hid his face in his hands.
Klironomi. to the Promise.
By the Grace of God, St Marina remained unyielding and steadfastly Faithful to
Christ and when finally thrown back into the dungeon for the night, she Lego de, ef oson hronon O Klironomos - I say that the Heir as long as he is a
received Heavenly Aid and Comfort, and was healed of all her appalling nipios estin - ouden diaferi doulou, child does not differ at all from a
wounds. kyrios panton on, alla ipo Epitropous slave, although he is master of all,
Early the following morning, the torturers renewed their brutal punishment. esti ke Ikonomous ahri tis but is under Guardians and Stewards
They stripped her naked and tied her to a tree, then burnt her with flaming prothesmias tou Patros. until the time appointed by the
bunches of faggots. Father.
Barely alive, St Marina prayed aloud: Lord, Thou hast granted me to go through Outo ke imis - ote imen nipii - ipo ta Even so, we when we were children
fire for Thy Names sake - grant me also to go through the Water of Holy stihia tou kosmou imen dedoulomeni. were in bondage under the elements
Baptism. of the world.
The Governer heard her mention water so he immediately issued orders to
drown her in a large cauldron. Ote de lithe to pliroma tou hronou, When the fullness of time had come,
Then St Marina besought our Lord that this manner of execution should become Exapestilen O Theos ton Iion Aftou - God sent forth His Son Born of a
for her Holy Baptism. Genomenon ek Gynekos, Genomenon Woman, Born under the Law - to
As they plunged her into the water, suddenly a Heavenly Light shone down ipo Nomon - ina tous ipo Nomon Redeem those who were under the
upon St Marina, and a snow-white dove hovered above her, bearing in its Exagorasi, ina tin Iiothesian Law, that we might receive the
beak a magnificant golden Crown. apolavomen. Adoption as sons.
The fetters that shackled St Marina fell apart and she was able to stand up in THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MARK 5: 24 34
that cauldron that had become her Baptismal Font and she loudly, THE HEALING OF THE BLEEDING WOMAN ON THE WAY TO JAIRUS DYING DAUGHTER
triumphantly Glorified the Holy Trinity God the Father, the Son and the Holy To kero ekino, ikolouthi to Iisou ohlos At that time, a great multitude followed
Spirit. polis, ke sinethlivon afton. our Lord Jesus and thronged Him.
She emerged with her body completely healed - without any trace of her
indescribable torments. Ke Gyni tis ousa en risi ematos eti And a certain Woman had a flow of
Astounded by such a great Divine Miracle, the people who had gathered to dodeka, ke polla pathousa ipo pollon blood for twelve years, and had
watch her execution, also began to loudly Glorify the One True and Living Iatron, ke dapanisasa ta par eaftis suffered many things from many
God, and many of them accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour, which panta, ke miden ofelithisa, alla Physicians, and had spent all that
caused the wrath of the Roman authorities. mallon is to hiron elthousa. she had and was no better but rather
Governor Olymbrios angrily issued orders for the immediately execution of grew worse.
anyone who dared to Confess and Glorify Christ.
Consequently on that day, 15,000 Christians perished and the Great Holy Martyr,
St Marina was also beheaded by sword.