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Saint Sebastiana the Martyr

Martyr
Not specified in the linked notice
Feast day: October 24

Group icon: Arethas and Sebastiana. Image source: Romanian Patriarchate calendar

A life of faith

Sebastiana is commemorated as a martyr on October 24 in the Romanian Orthodox calendar. The surviving notice preserves her name without a fuller account of her life.

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

A reflection

Sebastiana’s brief commemoration invites remembrance of Christians whose stories reach us in only a few words.

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