St. Anastasia
Anastasia (d. 304) was born into the family of a Roman nobleman, and was privileged to have St. Chrysogonus as her adviser. Although she married a pagan man, she showed compassion to the religious who were in prison because of their faith, and she visited them often. Her husband did not approve of this and would no longer let her leave the house. When he died, Anastasia also ministered to the Christians in Aquileia. She herself was arrested for her work and was put adrift on a prison ship along with a number of pagan prisoners. A vision of St. Theodota appeared and he directed the ship to safety on an island. Unfortunately Anastasia was arrested again and killed because of her ministry. We honor her on Dec. 25.
