ST EUPHROSYNE OF POLACAK, VIRGIN

ST EUPHROSYNE OF POLACAK, VIRGIN - 23 MAY

SAINT EUPHROSYNE OF POLACAK, VIRGIN

Saint Euphrosyne was born in Polacak, Belarus, in 1110. Determined to devote her life to God, she refused all marriage proposals and, finally ran away to join her aunt's convent, Holy Wisdom. There she took the veil and the name Euphrosyne, and the money Euphrosyne earned by copying books, she distributed to the poor.

SHE FOUNDED THE HOLY SAVIOUR CONVENT

Later she founded and ruled her own convent, Holy Saviour, as well as a monastery. In trying to convince her father, Prince Sviataslau, to allow her sister Hardzislava join her at the convent, she argued that in joining, Hardzislava would learn to read and write. She was also joined there by two nieces and a cousin. Euphrosyne commissioned the making of a beautiful, gem-studded cross, which she gave to Holy Saviour Church in 1161. It disappeared without a trace during World War II.

HER PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND

Late in life, Euphrosyne made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where she died in 1173. After the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187, her relics were transferred to the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1910, they were returned to Polacak.

Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-euphrosyne-of-polatsk-247

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Euphrosyne may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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