Matrona of Thessaloniki, the saint and martyr
Saint Matrona was a Jewish woman named Botella, the wife of a senior officer commanding the Roman garrison in the city of Thessaloniki. She was a believer […]
Saint Matrona was a Jewish woman named Botella, the wife of a senior officer commanding the Roman garrison in the city of Thessaloniki. She was a believer […]
The beginning of the use of icons: The historian Eusebius narrates that he saw a statue of the Lord Jesus in Banias, Mount Hermon, and that he saw real icons of the apostles.