Commemoration
Saint Dominica
January 8 Old CalendarJanuary 21 New Calendar
Life
In the time of Emperor Theodosius she came as an unbaptized person from Carthage to Constantinople with four other pagan maidens. Patriarch Macarius baptized them and blessed them to live as nuns. Saint Dominica gave herself to asceticism with great zeal and in that zeal did not weaken until her very death in deep old age. She reposed in the Lord around the year 474. Enlightened by the Holy Spirit, she was able to perceive events in the future and to work miracles by prayer.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, January 8. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on January 8
The full reading for January 8 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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