Martyr
Holy New Martyr Aquilina
September 27 Old CalendarOctober 10 New Calendar
Life
From the village of Zakliveri in the diocese of Adrianople; an eighteen-year-old maiden. Her father had converted to Islam and was forcing his daughter to convert as well. But her mother upheld her in the faith of Christ. After many tortures, all wounded and bloodied, she breathed her last in the arms of her mother, and received the crown of martyrdom on September 27, 1764.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 27. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 27
The full reading for September 27 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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