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Great Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia

Also known as Kyriaki · Dominica

A maiden born on the Lord's Day and named for it, who refused both marriage and the worship of idols, and after fire and beasts could not harm her was beheaded for Christ under Diocletian.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints