Holy Martyr Photina

Life

She is that Samaritan woman who had the rare blessing of conversing with the Lord Christ Himself at Jacob's well near Sychar (John 4:1-42). Having believed in the Lord, she afterward went forth to preach His Gospel, together with her two sons Victor and Josias, and with five sisters named Anatolia, Photo, Photis, Parasceve, and Cyriacia. They had come to Carthage in Africa. But they were condemned and brought to Rome in the time of Emperor Nero, and cast into prison. By God's Providence, Nero's daughter Domnina came into contact with holy Photina and was converted by her to the faith of Christ. After their imprisonment, all suffered for Christ. Photina, who at the well had first been illumined by the light of truth, was cast into a well, where she ended her life, and departed to the immortal kingdom of Christ.