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Great Martyr · 3rd century

Great Martyr Christina of Tyre

Also known as Christina the Great Martyr

The daughter of the governor of Tyre, shut up by her father in a tower with idols of gold and silver; coming to know the true God, she broke the idols and gave the pieces to the poor, and through fearful torments at the hands of her father and two governors held fast to Christ unto death.

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