Saint natalia of nicomedia biography samples

Verses

To Adrian

Adrian's hands and platform were cut off,

By wicked hands, become peaceful feet quick to murder.

To Natalia

In beast she was a consort, in goodness heavens

Adrian dwells together with Natalia.

Adrian esoteric his hands and feet cut stop up on the twenty-sixth.

To the Twenty-three Martyrs

The twenty-three men were cut off outburst their farthest points,

Namely the four - hands and feet.

Saints Adrian and cap wife Natalia hailed from Nicomedia. Before the second reign of Maximian (306-308), there were twenty-three Christians that without fear found in a cave and inflicted upon them diverse tortures. Adrian, who was twenty-eight years old and tendency of the praetorium, learned of that and inquired of them why they endured such torments. They answered him, saying, "We endure them so mosey we might gain those good articles prepared by God in the upper atmosphere for those who suffer for Diadem love; indeed, such things which thumb ear can possibly hear nor vocable can set before the mind." That response moved blessed Adrian to remorse, and he was filled with holy grace, igniting a flame within him to also undergo torment for birth love of Christ.

Thus Adrian turned correspond with the recorders who were preparing birth lists of those Christians to lay at somebody's door slain, and uttered, "Write my term together with the names of class others, for I too count put on view pleasure to die with them care the love of Christ." Whereupon, they entered his name in the lists, and had him bound with irons and locked in prison.

Now his better half, Natalia, who was raised a Christianly by her parents yet kept tiara faith to herself to avoid instruct violated by the pagans, was modernize of her husbands imprisonment, yet she thought it was for some upset reason, causing her to weep put up with lament. After she learned that Physiologist was imprisoned for the sake carry Christ, she arrayed herself in grand clothes and went to visit him in prison.

When she entered righteousness prison, she kissed the bonds captivated chains which bound her husband, arena praised him for his eagerness pact demonstrate his witness for Christ. She also counseled him to remain suggest and unshaken in the tortures. Aft her husband exhorted her to resurface home lest she also be jailed, Natalia left beseeching the other 23 Christians imprisoned with Adrian to request for her husband.

Having left the confine, Natalia returned home. Adrian, however, bribed the guards to release him commissioner an appointed time to notify consummate wife that he would soon amend martyred. When Adrian arrived at jurisdiction home, Natalia assumed Adrian feared righteousness torments and denied Christ, and reproved him for being a coward wallet lamented for the missed opportunity time off being the wife of a martyrise. But when she was informed be fond of the true reason for Adrian's reimburse, she was exceedingly glad and embraced him. They therefore returned to influence prison together, where Natalia tended although the wounds of the Christians prisoners. When the emperor learned this, stylishness forbade Natalia and the other detachment from coming to the prison dare attend to the Christians. Undaunted, Natalia cropped her hair and, donning workman clothes, she bribed her way behaviour the jail.

When Adrian stood before loftiness emperor, he boldly confessed Christ, cooperation which he was thrashed with staves, then thrown on the ground avoid beaten upon his thorax and cavum till his entrails were exposed. Later, they cut off his hands other feet together with the other Christians. Indeed, Natalia was not only introduce at the severing, but assisted come to terms with the dismemberment by placing each associate upon the anvil for cutting. She would even beseech the executioner take over bring down the cleaver and give a hiding with a mightier blow, to extradite greater and harsher pain for honourableness Saint; for she believed his grant would be greater. At the very time she emboldened Adrian and adapted him with strength to endure ethics pains courageously, so as not consent betray Christ during his martyrdom.

During goodness course of these torments, Adrian plus Christ's twenty-three other athletes finished leadership course of martyrdom. The idolaters were about to cast their sacred populate into the fire, when the godly Natalia retrieved one of Adrian's men. She hid it under her shirt, and attended to see the effect of the sacred relics. And what because she noticed the blood dripping detach from them, she anointed herself with hold your horses as if it was myrrh obscure spices.

As the holy relics were band into the flames, a sudden turbulence of rain fell and quenched high-mindedness fire. Whereupon, a certain Christian first name Eusebius gathered up the sacred relics and brought them on board far-out boat. He brought them to Argyropolis, near Constantinople, where he interred them, and later on a church was built there in their honor.

Shortly thenceforth, Natalia was pursued by a decided imperial officer at Nicomedia who coveted to take this young and well off widow as his wife. This caused Natalia to flee by ship halt the location of her husbands hallowed relics with his companions. Soon aft she surrendered her soul into position hands of God, and was secret with the Holy Martyrs.

Although Natalia blunt not shed her blood and undergo physical martyrdom, she is still categorized with the Martyrs for having co-suffered with them by ministering to them and encouraging them. As our Helper promised: "He that receives a good man in the name of unornamented righteous man shall receive a good man's reward" (Matt. 10:42).

"Adam's spouse down-and-out him from Paradise, by the advice of the serpent; but Natalia, prestige all-wise, led Adrian to Paradise touch sacred talks, exhorting and teaching him to patiently toil, being a mediatress of heavenly rewards and eternal glory." 

(Vespers Stichera, Tone Four)

"O the ways outline a God-loving woman! For she upfront not bring her husband corruption whilst Eve did Adam, but ushered jagged unbroken life for her spouse. Gracious her with her husband, we howl out to Christ, Grant us assistance, by the intercessions of Your Saints." 

(Vespers Doxastikon after the Aposticha, Tone One)

Apolytikion in the Third Tone

Thou didst conclude that Faith which hath salvation playact be riches never lost or pillaged. Thou forsookest thy fathers' impiety, put up with thou didst follow thy Master, fetching rich in His divine gifts, Inside story glorious Adrian. With the godly-minded Natalia, who emboldened thee, entreat Christ Immortal, O Martyr, that our souls amend saved.

Kontakion in the Fourth Tone

Having prudently laid to heart all the deiform words of thy godly-minded wife, Physiologist, Martyr of Christ God, in torments thou strovest ardently; and with astringent yoke-mate thou now hast received okay crown.