Blessed Cleopatra
Commemorated on October 19
Blessed
Cleopatra came from the village of Edra near Mount Tabor in Palestine. She
was a contemporary of the holy Martyr Uaros and beheld his voluntary suffering.
After the execution, blessed Cleopatra transferred the body of the holy martyr
to her own country and buried him with reverence. Cleopatra had but a single
and beloved son, John, who had attained the honourable rank of officer. To the
great sorrow of his mother, John suddenly died. Cleopatra with tears of grief
turned to the relics of the holy Martyr Uaros, beseeching him for the
resuscitation of her son.
When
Uaros and her son appeared to Cleopatra in a dream, radiant in bright attire
with crowns upon their heads, – she perceived, that the Lord had received her
son into the heavenly host, and was comforted. After this blessed Cleopatra
started to live by a church, built by her over the relics of the holy Martyr
Uaros and her son John, and she strove to acquire the grace of God by good
deeds. She distributed her property to the poor and spent her time in prayer
and fasting. After seven years of righteous life the blessed saint reposed (c.
327).
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.