ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September
SAINT IRAIS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
Today, we also commemorate Saint Irais and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:
"At Antinoopolis, in Egypt, the holy martyrs Irais, an Alexandrian virgin, and her companions. Having gone out to draw water at a fountain near by, and seeing a boat loaded with Christian confessors, she immediately left her vessel and joined them. Being conducted to the city with them, after many torments, she was the first to have her head struck off; and after her, priests, deacons, virgins, and all others underwent the same kind of death."
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Irais 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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