St. Barbaraat Heliopolis
Great-martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood
“The desire to know the true God so consumed her soul that Barbara decided to devote all her life to this goal, and to spend her life in virginity.”
Dates of commemoration for saint
Birth
3rd century
Heliopolis, Syria
Death
306
Heliopolis, Syria
Life path
- Wealthy
- Accepted Orthodoxy
Undertakings & Callings
- Virginity
God's Gifts
- Christ Seer
- Incorrupt relics
Patronage
- Explosives
- Miners
- Storms at sea
- Fire
- Sudden Death
Sufferings
- Torture
- Carnal Abuse
- Execution
Eras
- Diocletianic Persecution