Cloud of Witnesses
Venerable (Monastic) 5th century

Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria

Also known as Smaragdus

A wealthy Alexandrian woman who fled an arranged marriage and entered a men's monastery in disguise as the monk Smaragdus to pursue the ascetic life.

Feast Day
September 25
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Their life

A wealthy Alexandrian woman who fled an arranged marriage and entered a men's monastery in disguise as the monk Smaragdus to pursue the ascetic life.

Her companions & kin
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Venerable Synkletike of Alexandria
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Venerable Apollinaria of Egypt
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Mary of Egypt
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints