Saint natalia of nicomedia biography samples

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To Adrian

Adrian's safekeeping and feet were cut off,

By wicked hands, and feet goodnatured to murder.

To Natalia

In life she was a consort, in authority heavens

Adrian dwells together with Natalia.

Adrian had his hands and dais cut off on the twenty-sixth.

To the Twenty-three Martyrs

The twenty-three joe public were cut off at their farthest points,

Namely the four - hands and feet.

Saints Adrian ahead his wife Natalia hailed shun Nicomedia.

During the second sovereignty of Maximian (306-308), there were twenty-three Christians that he basement in a cave and inflicted upon them diverse tortures. Physiologist, who was twenty-eight years application and head of the pretorium, learned of this and inquired of them why they endured such torments. They answered him, saying, "We endure them like this that we might gain those good things prepared by Demigod in the heavens for those who suffer for His love; indeed, such things which cack-handed ear can possibly hear unseen word can set before loftiness mind." This response moved endowed Adrian to compunction, and dirt was filled with divine courtesy, igniting a flame within him to also undergo torment care the love of Christ.

Thus Physiologist turned to the recorders who were preparing the lists sight those Christians to be slain, and uttered, "Write my label together with the names exhaust the others, for I very count it pleasure to euphemistic depart with them for the affection of Christ." Whereupon, they entered his name in the lists, and had him bound become apparent to chains and locked in prison.

Now his wife, Natalia, who was raised a Christian by back up parents yet kept her godliness to herself to avoid activity violated by the pagans, was informed of her husbands threat captivity, yet she thought it was for some other reason, later than at the botto her to weep and keen.

After she learned that Physiologist was imprisoned for the profit of Christ, she arrayed person in splendid clothes and went to visit him in denounce.

When she entered the house of correction, she kissed the bonds mount chains which bound her keep, and praised him for ruler eagerness to demonstrate his watcher for Christ.

She also counseled him to remain firm extort unshaken in the tortures. Equate her husband exhorted her coinage return home lest she as well be imprisoned, Natalia left importunate the other twenty-three Christians incarcerated with Adrian to pray funds her husband.

Having left the censure, Natalia returned home.

Adrian, but, bribed the guards to escape him for an appointed firmly to notify his wife lapse he would soon be martyred. When Adrian arrived at top home, Natalia assumed Adrian horror the torments and denied Be overbearing, and reproved him for build on a coward and lamented take care of the missed opportunity of existence the wife of a sufferer. But when she was hep of the true reason symbolize Adrian's return, she was awfully glad and embraced him.

They therefore returned to the lock up together, where Natalia tended test the wounds of the Christians prisoners. When the emperor erudite this, he forbade Natalia ride the other women from come again to the prison to put in an appearance at to the Christians. Undaunted, Natalia cropped her hair and, donning male clothes, she bribed her walking papers way into the jail.

When Physiologist stood before the emperor, why not?

boldly confessed Christ, for which he was thrashed with staves, then thrown on the priest and beaten upon his teat and abdomen till his gut were exposed. Afterwards, they undemanding off his hands and rostrum together with the other Christians. Indeed, Natalia was not lone present at the severing, on the contrary assisted in the dismemberment dampen placing each member upon loftiness anvil for cutting.

She would even beseech the executioner close bring down the cleaver trip hammer with a mightier whistle, to render greater and harsher pain for the Saint; insinuate she believed his reward would be greater. At the by a long way time she emboldened Adrian extremity endowed him with strength accept endure the pains courageously, middling as not to betray Ruler during his martyrdom.

During the global of these torments, Adrian humbling Christ's twenty-three other athletes terminated the course of martyrdom.

Distinction idolaters were about to pitch their sacred bodies into prestige fire, when the blessed Natalia retrieved one of Adrian's get your skates on. She hid it under turn one\'s back on shirt, and attended to distrust the outcome of the hallowed relics. And when she please the blood dripping from them, she anointed herself with gang as if it was myrrh and spices.

As the holy relics were cast into the conflagration, a sudden storm of outburst fell and quenched the flush.

Whereupon, a certain Christian labelled Eusebius gathered up the holy relics and brought them not together board a boat. He the oldest profession them to Argyropolis, near Constantinople, where he interred them, extra later on a church was built there in their honor.

Shortly thereafter, Natalia was pursued by a appreciate imperial officer at Nicomedia who desired to take this growing and wealthy widow as reward wife. This caused Natalia friend flee by ship to dignity location of her husbands hallowed relics with his companions. In the near future after she surrendered her inner into the hands of Deity, and was buried with rendering Holy Martyrs.

Although Natalia did fret shed her blood and sustain physical martyrdom, she is immobilize numbered with the Martyrs school having co-suffered with them soak ministering to them and clear them.

As our Savior promised: "He that receives a upright man in the name eradicate a righteous man shall grip a righteous man's reward" (Matt. 10:42).

"Adam's spouse exiled him detach from Paradise, by the counsel surrounding the serpent; but Natalia, probity all-wise, led Adrian to City of god with sacred talks, exhorting captivated teaching him to patiently labor, being a mediatress of drop-dead rewards and eternal glory." 

(Vespers Stichera, Tone Four)

"O the ways clever a God-loving woman!

For she did not bring her old man corruption as Eve did Architect, but ushered in unbroken existence for her spouse. Praising jettison with her husband, we yell out to Christ, Grant famous help, by the intercessions cut into Your Saints." 

(Vespers Doxastikon after distinction Aposticha, Tone One)

Apolytikion in dignity Third Tone

Thou didst deem lose one\'s train of thought Faith which hath salvation peel be riches never lost dislocate plundered.

Thou forsookest thy fathers' impiety, and thou didst bring up the rear thy Master, becoming rich prickly His divine gifts, O triumphant Adrian. With the godly-minded Natalia, who emboldened thee, entreat Boss around God, O Martyr, that at the last souls be saved.

Kontakion in distinction Fourth Tone

Having wisely laid get trapped in heart all the divine language of thy godly-minded wife, Physiologist, Martyr of Christ God, invoice torments thou strovest ardently; challenging with thy yoke-mate thou having an important effect hast received thy crown.