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The Holy Martyr Agrippina of Rome and her companions Paula, Bassa, and Agathonica (253-260)
Reflections and Daily Inspiration
A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it to true knowledge of nature. Faith leads to the contemplation of the Holy Trinity. 

- St. Maximus the Confessor
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Servant Leadership in the Midst of Pandemic (Part 1)

Writing from his prison cell in Rome, the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is applicable today, urging us to “Live a life worthy of the calling you have received,” and to remember that “Christ equips his people for works of service so that the Body of Christ may be built up.”
Fr. Marc Boulos and Dr. Richard Benton from the Bible as Literature Podcast lead an online meeting series to learn and discuss Servant (Doulos) Leadership through St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, Saturday mornings, April, 2020.
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The Holy Martyr Agrippina of Rome and her companions Paula, Bassa, and Agathonica (253-260)

St. Agrippina was born and educated in Rome. From her childhood she trained herself to live according to the Gospel, driving the stench of passions away from her heart and filling it with the sweet-smelling fragrance of purity, virginity and chastity. She was betrothed to Christ the Lord and suffered as a bride of Christ during the reign of Emperor Valerian. She endured flogging with rods until her bones were crushed. An angel of God appeared to her and strengthened her. Under further tortures St. Agrippina gave up her soul to God. Her companions, Vassa, Paula and Agathonica, took her relics to the island of Sicily and buried them there with honor. A church was later built there in St. Agrippina’s honor. Countless miracles were wrought through her relics. By their power, even the Hagarenes were turned away from the town where her relics lay. St. Agrippina reposed in the year 275 and was crowned with glory.