05 Works, Today, April 3rd, is Saints Agape, Chionia and Irene’s Day, With Footnotes — #91

Henry Zaidan
1 min readApr 3, 2020

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Holy Sisters and Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia of Thessaloniki

Agape, Chionia and Irene were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, martyred at Thessalonica in 304AD. Agape and Chionia were charged with refusing to eat sacrificial offerings, whilst Irene was killed for keeping Christian books in violation of existing law. All were condemned to be burned alive…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

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