Venerable-Martyr · 4th century
Five Nuns Martyred in Persia
Also known as Thecla · Mariamne · Martha · Mary · Ennatha
Five consecrated virgins who were beheaded for Christ during the persecution of the Church under Shapur II of Persia.
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Notes
Named group commemorated as one.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints