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SUMMARY:St. Demiana & the 40 Virgin Martyrs
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DESCRIPTION:January 21st is the commemoration of the dukhrono of St. Demia
 na and the 40 virgin martyrs of Egypt.\n\nMort Demiana is the founder of m
 onasticism for Coptic Orthodox nuns & the highest ranking female martyr of
  the Coptic Church. Toward the end of the 3rd century\, there lived a Chri
 stian man named Marcos. He was the ruler of the Borolos & Zahfaran distric
 ts in Egypt. Marcos had only one daughter called Demiana. Her beauty & goo
 d character were legendary. Her father loved her dearly\, & he did his bes
 t to raise her up in a true Christian way. Demiana loved to pray & read th
 e holy books in the seclusion of her room. She often cried\, while praying
 \, as she felt the love of her Savior fill her little heart. Demiana\, des
 iring to live a life of asceticism\, requested her father to build a monas
 tery for her. Her father granted her wish & built her a large palace in th
 e wilderness. Demiana changed the palace into the first Coptic Orthodox co
 enobitic monastery for nuns\, living the monastic\, ascetic life with her 
 forty unmarried friends. Demiana was the abbess\; the nuns spent their tim
 e fasting\, praying\, reading the holy books\, & providing for themselves 
 & the poor by means of their handiwork.\n\nAt that time Diocletian\, the E
 mperor\, began to torture & kill the Christians who refused to worship his
  idols. When Marcos was invited to kneel before the statues & offer incens
 e\, he refused. But Diocletian convinced him by promising to give him a hi
 gher position in the Roman Empire. When Demiana heard that her father had 
 knelt before the idols\, she left the palace & went immediately to him. Sh
 e said\, "How could you deny your Savior who shed His blood to save you\, 
 & kneel down to stone idols dwelled by satan. What you did\, my father\, i
 s cowardly & shameful." When Marcos heard his daughter's words he came bac
 k to his senses. He said\, "Woe to me\, how could I fall in the Devil's tr
 ap & worship those idle statues." Macros was beheaded on order of Diocleti
 an. \n\nOn the last day before her martyrdom\, our Lord Jesus Himself came
  to her & told her\, "Have courage\, my chosen one. I have prepared for yo
 u the crown of your wedding in heaven. Your name will be remembered foreve
 r as it will be the cause for many miracles\, & in this place a great chur
 ch will be built to honor your blessed name." Finally\, the commander orde
 red the soldiers to behead Demiana by the sword\, along with the forty vir
 gins. Thus Mort Demiana attained the crown of martyrdom.\n\nFew years late
 r\, when King Constantine came to power\, he sent his mother Queen Helena 
 to Demiana's palace. Helena buried all the bodies that she found in great 
 honor. She put Demiana's body on a bed made of ivory & decorated it with s
 ilk linen\, & in the same place she built a church.\n\nBiography adapted f
 rom the Coptic Synaxarium\n\nOh Mort Demiana! Plead for us before God's th
 rone of grace. Amen.\n\nhttp://www.copticchurch.net/topics/synexarion/demi
 ana.html
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