St. Leonides Bishop of Athens icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Leonides Bishop of Athens icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Leonides or Leonidas, Bishop of Athens. Commemorated April 15th. Saint Leonides or Leonidas was the Bishop of Athens and a martyr of the church. He was martyred in the year 250. He lived in the third century and was martyred along with seven other women (Harissa, Nike, Galini, Callida, Nunechia, Vasilissa, Theodora). Originally from the area of Troizina, he operated in the area of Epidaurus. He developed a close spiritual bond

Seeing that the traveller was very exhausted

Deeply affected by what they heard

explicating Holy Scripture

The people began to turn from their pagan beliefs

he withdrew to the River Sora in the Vologda lands

and sought with promises and flattery to convince her to fulfill his guilty desires

This met with resistance from the layman Felicissimus and the presbyter Novatus

what you wish to do in three days time

even kissing the door to his cell with the same feeling as another might bow down before the holy Cross

During her torments St Julitta kept repeating

"Who are you

Kleio or Clio or Klio