st. emily
today is my name day…
The holy and righteous Emily (also Emmelia or Emilia), is the mother of Saint Basil the Great and several other children who are saints of the Church. Churches of the Russian tradition keep her feast on January 1, along with her son Basil. Greek churches keep her feast on May 30, along with her husband Saint Basil the Elder and her mother-in-law, Saint Macrina the Elder.
There are precious few descriptions of Saint Emily’s life. She was the daughter of a martyr and the daughter-in-law of Macrina the Elder. Along with her husband Basil the Elder, she gave birth to ten children. She instilled the Orthodox faith in her children, teaching them to pray and devote their lives to the service of the Church.
As a result of her zealous yet maternal instruction of her children, five of them are commemorated as saints on the calendar of the Church: Saints Macrina, Basil, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Theosebia, a deaconess. Therefore, Saint Emily is often called without exaggeration “the mother of saints.”
from Orthodox Wiki
Happy Name’s Day!
If I had a daughter, I wanted to use Amelia, or Emilia.
Well, happy Name Day! Many, many years! That’s one heck of an example you have there…. (Notice I didn’t say, “Many, many children”).
I’m so sorry I’m late on this. Many years and happy name day! Isn’t it fun to celebrate the first?
Do you have an icon of your saint, yet?
Thank you!
(Notice I didn’t say, “Many, many children”).
lol – though that’s something I really wouldn’t mind
I actually don’t have an icon yet. I don’t have many icons at all *blush* Christine is sweet and is buying me an icon of Christ in honor of my name day.