Features:
Dimensions, mm: 18*12
Average weight: 2,5 grams
Materials: silver 925, gilding 999
Techniques: casting, gilding, blackening, handmade
Venerable Apollinariya was Anfemiya's daughter, the governor of the Greek empire during the early childhood Feodosiy Mladshego (408 — 450). Having refused marriage, she has persuaded the parents to release her to bow to the holy sites. On supernatural revelation, she has gone to a monastery to Saint Makari Egipetsky, having called herself the monk Dorofei. She was accepted in brotherhood number, and soon she has become famous for the selfless life.
Apollinariya had elder sister suffering from madness. Parents have released her in a monastery to the Reverend Makari who has taken the patient to the monk Dorofei on whose prayer the maiden has received healing. Upon return home the maiden has undergone again violence of a devil who has given her a type of the woman carrying in a belly. This case has brought her which have sent to a monastery of soldiers into strong anger of parents and demanded to give responsible for an insult of the daughter.
Saint Apollinariya has revealed to parents the secret, has cured the sister, has come back to a monastery where shortly I have peacefully died in 470. Only after the death of the monk Dorofei has opened that it was the woman. The body the Saint has been buried in a cave, in church of monastery of Saint Makari Egipetsky.
Memory Apollinariya's Saint is made on January 18/5.
