St. Drosis the Martyr icon Size:8 x 11

St. Drosis the Martyr icon Size:8 x 11Orthodox icon of Saint Drosis the Martyr. Commemorated March 22. The Holy Martyr Drosis, together with Five Virgin Martyrs Agalida, Apollinaria, Daria, Mamthusa and Thais: St Drosis was daughter of the emperor Trajan (98 117), a fierce persecutor of Christians. In the year 99 he revived an earlier law which forbade secret gatherings and was indirectly aimed against Christians. In the year 104 he issued a special law against Christians. Beginning in

When Nino arrived in Rome

St John leaped in his mother's womb at the visit of the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Son of God incarnate within Her

the Metropolitan of Euchaïta speaking with a single voice

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and he wrote several prayers for the rite of anointing the sick with oil

When Julian the Apostate succeeded Constantius in 361

but this was thwarted by her prayer

he read the kathisma verses

It was miraculously retrieved by one of the monks who walked out on the water to retrieve it

collected the precious remains

He gave his consent

Irene gathered the community