The Holy Martyr Kyriakia suffered for Christ in Nicomedia during the persecution of Diocletian. She was the only daughter of the pious Christians Dorotheus and Eusebius, who vowed to dedicate their daughter to God.
At the beginning of the persecution, the holy Dorotheus and Eusebius were separated from their daughter and brought to trial before the governor Justus, while the holy Kyriakia was sent to Nicomedia to the co-ruler of Diocletian – Maximian Hercules. The holy martyr steadfastly endured the tortures, praying to God. The Lord performed many miracles to admonish the idolaters: the idols fell in the pagan temple as soon as the saint was brought there; the wild beasts released upon the martyr lay down peacefully at her feet. Seeing this, many pagans turned to Christ.
When the death sentence was read, the holy Kyriakia asked for time to pray. After her prayer, she peacefully departed, delivered by the Lord from the hands of the Roman executioners.
