Saint Sophia of Ainos, June 4
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Oυκ εμποδών σοι κόσμος ώφθη Σοφία, Προς την τελειότητα αρετής φθάσαι. The Byzantine Temple of God's Wisdom, in Ainos. Thrace Osia Sophia came from Ainos in Thrace and was the daughter of official and wealthy parents. She married and became the mother of six children, who had the sad accident of losing them all. So she found solace in her grief by protecting orphans and widows. He did constant almsgiving, prayers, fasting and everything that relieved his neighbor. At the end of her life she became a Nun and devoted her life to the worship of God. He passed away peacefully at the age of 53. The short Life of Saint Sophia of Ainos is preserved in five codices of the 12th-14th century1 and has been published by H. Delehaye in a critical note of the Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae2. Although the Life of Saint Sophia does not provide chronological indications, it is possible to assume that Saint Sophia lived during the Middle Byzantine era, somewhere between the 9th a...