The Holy Martyr Heliconis lived during the third century in
the city of Thessalonica. St Heliconis arrived in the city of Corinth
during a persecution of Christians, and urged the pagans to stop serving
senseless idols and instead to worship the one true God, the Creator of
the universe.
She was arrested and brought before the governor
Perinus, who vainly attempted to persuade the saint to offer sacrifice
to idols, both by flattery and by threats. The holy martyr was subjected
to tortures, but she bravely endured them. Then they threw her into a
hot furnace, but she emerged from it unharmed, because an angel of the
Lord had cooled the flames.
Thinking the saint was a sorceress,
the governor invented new torments for her. They tore the skin from her
head, and burned her breasts and head with fire. After halting the
torture, the judge again attempted to urge St Heliconis to offer
sacrifice to the idols, promising her honors and the title of priestess.
The saint seemed to consent, and the pagan priests and the people led
her to the pagan temple with the sounds of trumpet and drum.
At
the saint’s request, they left her there alone. St Heliconis, filled
with heroic strength, cast down and smashed all the idols. When some
time had passed, the pagan priests entered their temple. Seeing the
destruction, they were even more enraged and cursed the holy virgin
shouting, “Put the sorceress to death!” They beat the holy martyr, and
then they threw her into prison, where she spent five days.
Christ
the Savior and the holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel appeared to the
holy martyr in prison and healed her of her wounds. Finally, they sent
the saint to be torn apart by wild beasts. They set loose three hungry
lions upon her, but the beasts came up to the martyr meekly and lay down
at her feet. The pagan mob shouted and cried, “Death to the sorceress.”
But at this point the lions jumped out of the arena and pounced
on the people, who fled in terror. Not knowing what else to do, the
governor ordered that St Heliconis be beheaded. The saint went to
execution with joy and heard a Voice summoning her to the heavenly
habitations.
She contested in the year 244, and her body was reverently buried by Christians.
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