Holy Martyr Domna

Life

Domna was a virgin and priestess of foul idols at the court of Emperor Maximian. Having read somewhere the Acts of the Holy Apostles, Domna believed in Christ and was baptized, together with the eunuch Indes, by Bishop Cyril in Nicomedia. Saint Cyril directed Domna to a women's monastery, where the abbess was blessed Agatha. But when the emperor began to search for Domna, Agatha dressed Domna in male clothing and sent Domna to a men's monastery. At that time twenty thousand Christians were burned by Emperor Maximian in the church. Immediately afterward by the emperor's command Saint Indes, Gorgonius and Peter with stones around their necks were cast into the sea; the general Zeno, who publicly denounced the emperor for idolatry, was beheaded; Saint Theophilus, deacon of Bishop Anthimus, was killed with stones and arrows; the abbess Agatha, the nun Theophila and the nobles Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius and Euthymius, all were killed for Christ. One night Domna was walking along the seashore and saw fishermen casting their net into the sea. And at that time Domna especially grieved for Saint Indes. Called by the fishermen to help, Domna helped them, and by God's Providence they drew up in the net three human bodies. Domna recognized in them Saint Indes, Gorgonius and Peter, took their bodies and honorably buried them. When the emperor learned that a certain youth was guarding and censing the graves of Christian martyrs, the emperor commanded that the youth be beheaded. And Saint Domna was seized and beheaded, and in the Heavenly Kingdom crowned with the crown of glory with the other martyrs.