Saints and Feasts of June 13

For Your sake Aquilina's head was severed on the thirteenth.

Holy Martyr Aquilina

 

Holy Virgin Martyr Aquilina of Byblos

 

June: Day 13: Holy Martyr Aquilina of Byblos

 

 

Venerable Anna of Larissa and her son John

Saint Anna of Larissa and Her Son John

Venerable James, Who Was Beguiled to 

Worship the Devil

Synaxarion of the Venerable James, Who Was Beguiled to Worship the Devil

Saint James, Who Was Beguiled to Worship the Devil

Saint Antipater, Bishop of Bostra

Saint Antipater, Bishop of Bostra

Saint Eulogios, Patriarch of Antioch

Saint Eulogios, Patriarch of Antioch

Holy Myriad (or Ten Thousand) Martyrs

Holy Myriad (or Ten Thousand) Martyrs

Holy Martyr Diodoros of Emesus

Holy Martyr Diodoros of Emesus

Saint Triphyllios, Bishop of Leukosia

Saint Triphyllios, Bishop of Leukosia and Disciple of Saint Spyridon

Venerable Andronicus of Moscow,
Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Saint Andronicus, Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1395)

Venerable Philotheos of Sklataina

Saint Philotheos of Sklataina, Second Founder of the Monastery of Saint Stephen at Meteora (+ 1550)

Holy New Hieromartyr Anthimos, 
Metropolitan of Wallachia

Holy New Hieromartyr Anthimos, Metropolitan of Wallachia (+ 1716)

Movie: "Antimoz Iverieli" (2001)

Venerable John the Presbyter, 

the New Chrysostom and Merciful

Saint John Triantaphyllides, the New Chrysostom and Merciful (+ 1903)

Finding of the Sacred Relics of the 

Hieromartyr Nicholas in Karyes of Lesvos

Finding of the Sacred Relics of the Newly-Revealed Hieromartyr Nicholas in Karyes of Lesvos in 1960

Holy Virgin Martyr Aquilina of Byblos

St. Aquilina (Akylina) of Byblos (Feast Day - June 13)

Verses

Brilliantly prepare Your bridal chamber, Bridegroom,

Aquilina is cut asunder for You as a young Bride.

For Your sake Aquilina's head was severed on the thirteenth.

Aquilina was born in the late third century in the city of Byblos of Phoenicia to the renowned Autolmios the magistrate of Palestine, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305).

When she was five years old she was baptized by Bishop Euthalios, which was arranged by her father in order for his daughter to have a firm Christian faith. Indeed, from a young age Aquilina began to preach the word of God with fiery zeal, and did good deeds for others with philanthropy. In her tenth year she managed to convert to the Christian Faith other girls of the same age who were pagans and instructed them to keep away from the deception of idols.