They showed remarkable spiritual courage; they loved the Lord wholeheartedly and dedicated their lives to Him. They endured the hardships of asceticism and the pains of martyrdom, and they welcomed God into their hearts.

They preferred to adorn themselves with good deeds and virtues rather than with fake material ornaments. They despised vanity and loved the restfulness of humility. They rejected the world and its deceptive glamour, and they longed for heaven.

Their example emits comforting light throughout the ages, a light that fills hope and soothes the souls that have tired of searching for true happiness in desolate places.

Ermione, Polychronia, Drosis, Anysia, Elisa...
A small synaxarion of 26 not so well-known holy women whose passage on earth spread abundantly the precious, valuable, and life-giving fragrance of the Holy Spirit...