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An icon print on a 22k Gold leaf timber panel of the SAINT EUPHEMIA.

From the Pantanassa Icon Studio.

SAINT EUPHEMIA, THE GREAT MARTYR. St. Euphemia was the daughter of noble Christian parents. When a pagan festival was held in the city, she and 48 other Christians hid themselves to avoid the worship of idols. They were caught and brought before Priscus, the proconsul, who tortured them. Then he tried to induce her through flattery to sacrifice to idols, but she remained unmoved. Maddened, Priscus ordered her to be killed, but God miraculously preserved her three times, until finally she was martyred in 303 AD, to the mouths of wild beasts.

Feast Day: 16th September, 11th July and 16th May