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= The martyrdom of St. Sophia of Egypt (Αγία Σοφία Agia Sofia) =

Her Life and Faith
Saint Sophia was born in the city of Badrashin in Egypt in the 2nd century AD and was in the beginning of her life worshipping idols. Next to her were Christian neighbours who lived in a spirit of love and gentleness, persevering to go to the church, and their feelings motivated them to teach Sophia the path of eternal life and go to the church and the principles of the Christian religion, so Sophia accepted this faith, especially since she touched in them the spirit of love, so she believed and started walking with them even after days not so much that she asked for a secret Baptism and its baptism are bishop of Memphis, and it has been cultivated in the virtue to accompany prayer, fasting, and love for the poor.

And there was news to the pre-eminence of Claudius that pagan Sophia became a Christian and ordered her trial and trial. When she appeared in his hands, he asked her about her belief, and she replied that she was blind, and that she was worshiping idols, then she was seen and became a Christian. Jesus Christ gave her life after death. So he saw that she had disturbed the gods with her words and ordered her to return to idolatry so that she would not bring anger over her, and Sophia replied that these gods are no more than stones that are of no use but harm, so how can God take them to you because she has no feelings to get angry as she says to me, but I will not be angry God Jesus Christ.

When the governor heard what Sofia had said, he ordered his soldiers to hit her with a whip of cow nerves. However, Sofia was praying that his Lord give the grace of spiritual insight to everyone as she had been blessed with her, and this ruler was not satisfied with hitting the whips, but went on to torture and commanded her cries with fire, but she insisted on her Christian religion and was screaming that she was a Christian during her torment and repeated in her recognition of the Christian religion and he sent Claudius the governor His wife softened her and prepared her with many appointments. She did not bend to her words until the governor ordered a cut of her groan, then he locked her in a dark prison while Sofia was praying to her Lord, and he forgave those who tortured and persecuted her.

Finally, the viceroy commanded Aglodius to behead her. Sophia separated a long prayer and asked her Lord to forgive the king and recruited him because of her. Then she bowed her neck to the swordsman, so cut her head off. She took another Coptic woman who was accompanying her body after she gave the soldiers a lot of money and wrapped him with precious scrolls, and put him in her house, and there were many miracles and miracles from him. On their feast day, they saw a great light shining from the body of St. Sophia, and good smells came out of it, and many miracles were performed from the body of the saint.

Hear Feast
Martyrdom Day (5 Tout - September 15) The Coptic Calendar {link to coptic calendar info} commemorates, on the 5th of Tout {link to coptic synaxarium} that St. Sophia {link to Hagia Sophia cathedral}, had been martyred in Egypt {link to Egypt}.

St. Sophia Cathedral
The building as it is known of today in Istanbul was built on the ruins of an older church erected by Emperor Constantine the Great for the relics of the body of Saint Sophia a Coptic Christian Martyr, which he brought at the time from Egypt. The old church was burned sadly in riot, causing Emperor Justinian to start building this magnificent much bigger church known as the largest Christian Church in those ancient times on our planet.