Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Catherineof Alexandria

Great-martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“...she would enter into marriage only with someone who surpassed her in nobility, wealth, comeliness and wisdom.”
St. Catherine of Alexandria

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

287

Alexandria, Roman Empire

Death

305

Alexandria, Roman Empire

Life path

  • Noblewoman

Undertakings & Callings

  • Virginity
  • Confessing the faith

God's Gifts

  • Spiritual vision

Patronage

  • Childbirth

Sufferings

  • Torture
  • Imprisonment
  • Execution

Eras

  • Diocletianic Persecution

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