An Orthodox Materikon of over fifty women monastic's and ascetics throughout the year, according to the Church Calendar. (656 pages, 77 icons, sketches, and 8 maps; translated from the Greek of The Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church.

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Table of Contents

JANUARY

5. Saint Syncletike of Alexandria 1
8. Saint Domnica of Carthage 53
8. Saint Vasilissa of Egypt 55
24. Saint Xene of Rome 58

FEBRUARY

12. Saint Mary of Alexandria 70
19. Saint Philothei of Athens 72
28. Saints Marana and Kyra of Beroea 88

MARCH

1. Saint Evdokia of Heliopolis 92
1. Saint Domnine the New of Kyros 114
10. Saint Anastasia of Constantinople 118

APRIL

5. Saint Theodora of Thessalonica 125
12. Saint Anthousa of Constantinople 127
18. Saint Athanasia of Aigina 131
24. Saint Elisabeth of Constantinople 136

MAY

29. Saint Theodosia of Constantinople 138

JUNE

4. Saint Sophia of Ainos 142
9. Saints Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha of Persia 145
10. Saint Pansemne of Antioch 151
25. Saint Fevronia of Nisibis 155

JULY

13. Saint Sarra of the Nile 181
19. Saint Macrina-Thecla of Neo-Caesarea 185
23. Saint Anna of Levkadio 218
25. Saint Olympia of Constantinople 220
25. Saint Evpraxia of Tabenna 239
26. Saint Paraskeve of Rome 272
27. Saint Anthousa of Mandineo 288
28. Saint Irene of Chrysovalandou 296

AUGUST

13. Saint Xene-Irene of Hungary and Constantinople. 337
22. Saint Anthousa of Seleucia 340
29. Saint Theodora of Aigina and Thessalonica 342

SEPTEMBER

7. Saint Cassiane of Constantinople 371
11. Saint Theodora of Alexandria 381
24. Saint Thecla of Iconium 403
25. Saint Evphrosyne of Alexandria 423
30. Saints Rhipsimia, Gaiane, and 32 Virgin-Martyrs of Rome and Armenia 435

OCTOBER

2. Saint Justina of Antioch 441
8. Saint Pelagia of Antioch and Jerusalem 456
9. Saint Athanasia of Antioch and Egypt 466
9. Saint Poplia of Antioch 474
20. Saint Matrona of Chios 476
29. Saint Anastasia of Rome 489
29. Saint Mary of Edessa 501
29. Saint Anna of Constantinople 509

NOVEMBER

5. Saint Episteme of Emesa and Sinai 519
9. Saint Matrona of Constantinople 530
9. Saint Theoctiste of Lesvos and Paros 550
9. Saints Eustolia of Rome and Sopatra of Constantinople 561

DECEMBER

24. Saint Eugenia of Alexandria and Rome 563
30. Saint Theodora of Caesarea 590

A Final Word 596
Select Sayings of the Holy Mothers 597
Bibliography 598
Index of Women Saints 605
General Index 608
Other Publications by the Same Publishers 623

MAPS

Asia Minor, Egypt, the Middle East, and the Near East 180
Egypt and the Sinai 184
Cappadocia and Pontus of Asia Minor 186
Iconium of Asia Minor and Seleucia Pieria of Syria 404
Mount Ararat and Surrounding Countries 437
Antioch in Syria and Surrounding Countries 440
Western Asia Minor and the Aegean 518
The Cyclades, Dodecanese and Sporades Islands of Greece 560