05 works, Today, September 10th, is Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora’s day, their story illustrated #252

Henry Zaidan
1 min readSep 10, 2020

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Menodora, Nymphodora, and Metrodora

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The Holy Virgins Menodora, Nymphodora, and Metrodora (305–311), were sisters from Bithynia, present day Turkey. Distinguished for their special piety, they wanted to preserve their virginity and avoid worldly associations. They left their country of origin in Bithynia, an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, and established themselves in a deserted place near the city of Pythias, Delphi, near a spring…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

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