HOLY MARTYRESS EUDOKIA WITH SILVER HALO, MOSCOW, c. 19TH C
Egg tempera and gesso on a wood panel
22 x 18 cm. ( 8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Private collection
Eudokia was a Samarian woman who lived in Heliopolis of Phoenicia (present day Baalbek, Lebanon).
Eudokia was very beautiful, and garnered her wealth by attracting wealthy lovers. She learned about Christianity from a monk by the name of Germanus. According to legend, Eudokia asked him if she, too, could be saved from Judgment. Germanos instructed her to remain alone in her chamber for one week, fasting and praying. Eudokia followed his instructions, and at the end of the week, Germanus told her to give away her wealth and to put her previous life behind her. She was later baptized by Bishop Theodotus of Heliopolis…
Zaidan Gallery 
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