St. Anysia the Virgin- Martyr of Thessalonica icon Size:4 x 6

St. Anysia the Virgin- Martyr of Thessalonica icon Size:4 x 6Orthodox icon of Saint Anysia the Virgin Martyr of Thessalonike. Commemorated December 30. The Holy Virgin Martyr Anysia lived in the city of Thessalonica during the reign of the emperor Maximian (284 305). Upon the death of her parents, who had raised her in Christian piety, St Anysia sold everything she owned, distributing her riches to the poor, and she began to lead a strict life of fasting, vigil, and prayer. During his persecution against

saw to her upbringing

they told him

During this the saint turned to his tormentors

were uncovered

ordered that she be immediately be tortured terribly until death

and devotion to the early Church

In failing asleep you did not forsake the world

Commemorated December 2nd

and the chief of all the wise men

Commemorated May 5th

or who chanced to meet him by the wayside

Although the full-length frontal figures are flatly treated