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Saint Kyriake was the daughter of Christian parents, Dorotheus and Eusebia. She
was given her name because she was born on Sunday, the day of the Lord
(in Greek, Kyriake). She contested in Nicomedia during the reign of
Diocletian, in the year 300. After many bitter torments she was condemned
to suffer beheading, but being granted time to pray first, she made
her prayer and gave up her holy soul in peace.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone:
O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my Bridegroom,
Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with Thy baptism am crucified
and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee; for Thy sake
I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me offered out of longing to Thee
as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our souls through her intercessions,
since Thou art great in mercy.
Kontakion in the
Second Tone:
The Martyr of Christ hath called us all together now to praise and acclaim
her wrestlings and her godly feats; for possessed of manliness of mind, she
hath proved to be worthy of her name, being lady and mistress of her mind and
the passions of unseemliness.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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