St Anna and Her Son St John of Constantinople

Commemorated on June 13

Saint Anna and her son St John lived in the ninth century. St Anna was the daughter of a deacon of the Blachernae church in Constantinople. After the death of her husband, she dressed in men’s clothing and called herself Euthymianus. She and her son St John lived in asceticism in one of the Bythinian monasteries near Olympus.

St Anna died in Constantinople in 826. Her memory is also celebrated on October 29.
Today we also commemorate 10,000 Martyrs, beheaded by the sword for Christ. The year of their death is not known.






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