ST CHRISTINA OF PERSIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR - 13 MARCH

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 13th of March

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST CHRISTINA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR 

Saint Christina, Virgin and Martyr, is commemorated on March 13. She was a Persian martyr who, from the Greek Menology, appears to have been scourged to death. Nothing further is known of her, nor can even an approximate date be given.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)

HER ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

In Persia, Saint Christina, virgin and martyr.

HER ENTRY IN STADLER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SAINTS:

Saint Christina was a martyr from Persia who was flogged to death for Christ's sake. Her name also comes up in the Roman Martyrology on March 13.