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The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
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 Martyrs from Iconium in Asia Minor. A widow of a noble family, Christian, mother of three-year-old Kyrikos left her home during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian. Around 305 they were detained in Tarsa for confessing Christianity and killed: first they killed Kyrikos in front of his mother, then after tortures Julitta. The relics of Kyrikos and Julitta were recovered under the emperor Constantine the Great. Feast day: 15(28) July. |