Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina

Sts. Alexander and Antonina (Feast Day - June 10)

Verses

Alexander and Antonina found,
The pit to be a ship that brought them to luxury.
On the tenth the fate of Antonina was to be burned in fire covered in pitch.

Saint Antonina was a modest and holy woman from the village of Kardamos (or Krodamos), adorned with outer and inner beauty. Arrested for being a Christian in 313, she was brought before Governor Festos, who was unable to persuade her to renounce Christ and worship the idols of demons. Rather, she invited the governor to repent and accept Christ. Seeing that Antonina was modest and strongly held to her virginity, the Governor forced her to enter a house of prostitution, where she remained for three days in fasting and prayer.

Saints Alexander and Antonina as Models for our Lives

Sts. Alexander and Antonina (Feast Day - June 10)

By Protopresbyter George Papavarnavas

The holy martyrs Alexander and Antonina lived at the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth century. They were from a town called Kardamos. As Christians they lived with self-control and prudence. Antonina dedicated her life to works of love, to the service of her neighbors, and had as her main occupation the care of the widows, the orphans, and of the weak and persecuted people in general. Her way of life and especially her preoccupation with works of love gave birth to the suspicion among the pagans that she was a Christian, and for this reason she was reported to the prefect Festos, who had her arrested, and he tried to convince her to deny Christ and sacrifice to the idols.

Saints and Feasts of June 10

On the tenth the fate of Antonina 
was to be burned in fire covered in pitch.

Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina

Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina

Saints Alexander and Antonina as Models for our Lives

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