St. Barbara the Great Martyr

About this event

Festal Orthros: 8:30 – 9:30 AM

Festal Divine Liturgy: 9:30 – 11:00 AM

The Orthodox Church commemorates St. Barbara, the Great Martyr, one of the most beloved saints of the early Church. Raised in a pagan household in the third century, Barbara came to faith in Christ in secret and confessed Him openly when her faith was discovered, enduring imprisonment and torture before her martyrdom.

She is honored as a protector against sudden and unexpected death, and her feast, falling in the heart of the Nativity Fast, is a reminder of the courage and steadfastness to which we are all called. We also remember today St. John the Righteous of Damascus, the great hymnographer and defender of the holy icons.

For more information on this feast, please visit the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese's St. Barbara the Great Martyr page .

Apolytikion of Great Martyr Barbara

Fourth Tone

Let us honor the holy Barbara for, with the aid of the Cross as her weapon, she crushed the snares of the enemy, and was rescued from them like a bird.

Kontakion of Great Martyr Barbara

Fourth Tone

O noble Champion, following God who is reverently praised in Trinity, you abandoned the temples of idols. Struggling amid suffering, O Barbara, you were not overwhelmed by the threats of the tyrants, O brave One, even singing aloud, "I worship the Trinity, the one Godhead."