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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ  H Πατρικία πάντα λιπούσα τάδε, Πάντων κατέστη κυρία εν τω πόλω. Saint Anastasia the Patrician (Latin: Anastasia Patricia, Greek: Άναστασία Πατρικία; fl. 576) was a Byzantine courtier and later saint. She was a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora. Justinian I, Theodora's husband, may have pursued her, as Theodora grew jealous of her. Anastasia, to avoid any trouble, left for Alexandria in Egypt.[2] She arrived at a place called Pempton, near Alexandria, where she founded a monastery which would later be named after her. She lived with monastic discipline and wove cloth to support herself. Αυτοκράτειρα Θεοδώρα και η συνοδεία της.[ Following the death of Theodora in 548, Justinian attempted to get Anastasia to return to Constantinople, to no avail. Instead, Anastasia left for Scetis, looking for help from Abba Daniel, hegumen of the monastery at that time. To safeguard Anastasia, he let her move into a laura or monastery cell 18 miles from Scetis in the desert,...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Eις τον Kοδράτον. Τῶν δυσσεβῶν τὴν πίστιν ὕβρεσι πλύνας Τμηθεὶς Κοδρᾶτε σῶν ἀφ' αἱμάτων πλύνῃ. Eις τον Άνεκτον, Παύλον και Διονύσιον. Γνωστοῖς Ἄνεκτον σὺν δυσὶ κτείνει ξίφος, Οἷς οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν μὴ θανεῖν Θεοῦ χάριν. Eις τον Kρήσκεντα και Kυπριανόν. Ὁρῶν καταθνῄσκοντα Κρήσκεντα ξίφει, Σπεύδει σὺν αὐτῷ Κυπριανὸς τεθνάναι. Ἀμφὶ δεκάτῃ Κοδρᾶτον ξίφος ἐγκατέπεφνε. Saints Codratos, Anektos, Pavlos, Dionysios, Cyprian and Crescis the Martyrs were friends and martyred during the persecution of the emperors Decius (249-251 AD) or Valerian (253-259 AD) in Corinth, when ruler of Greece was Jason. In the Minologion of the emperor Basileus Vy, it is mentioned that of the Christians, those who had been arrested were massacred, but those who escaped hid in the mountains, for as long as needed. So the mother of Kodratus, who came from the city of Corinth, fled to the mountain and hid. And as she was pregnant, she gave birth to a son whom she named Codratus. Then, after living for a while, sh...