Macrina, the righteous saint
She is the older sister of Saint Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. She lived in the fourth century. She was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in present-day eastern Türkiye […]
She is the older sister of Saint Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. She lived in the fourth century. She was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in present-day eastern Türkiye […]
This saint was a doctor, and due to his piety and strong faith, he was ordained a priest and then bishop of the city of Sebastia in the country of Armenia. after
A type of saint was famous in the sixteenth century in Russia for being the madmen of Christ. The most famous of them was Basil the Blessed, whom the Church celebrates.
The martyrdom of these saints was around the year 320 AD, during the reign of Licinius Caesar (308-323 AD). We do not know exactly the origin of this group of forty.