April 12. Life of Saint Afanasia of Aegina
(Commemorated April 12/25) The island of Aegina is one of the Aegean Islands, closest to the mainland of Hellas, lying south of Salamis. It was here that Saint Athanasia (+860 AD) was born and labored in asceticism. The name Athanasia in Greek means “immortality.” Saint Athanasia was the abbess of a monastery on the island of Aegina….