Saint Metrodora of Bithynia

A life of faith

Metrodora and her sisters Menodora and Nymphodora lived in solitude, fasting and prayer in Bithynia. During the persecution, governor Fronto ordered them to sacrifice to the gods. The sisters refused. After Menodora’s death, the governor used her body to frighten the surviving sisters into renouncing Christianity. They remained faithful. All three suffered martyrdom.

The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers saints in prayer and commemoration. Their lives offer examples for Christians learning to live their faith.

A reflection

The sisters recall the support of a shared life of prayer when faith is put under pressure.

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