Holy Martyrs Cyriaena and Juliana (4th Century) — November 1 / November 14 (Julian Calendar)

On this day, November 1 according to the Julian Calendar (November 14 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyrs Cyriaena and Juliana.

The holy martyrs Cyriaena and Juliana were seized for confessing Christ during the reign of Emperor Maximian Galerius (305–311). By order of Marcian, the governor of Cilicia, Saint Cyriaena was stripped, her hair was shorn, and she was paraded around her native city of Tarsus to be mocked by the crowd. Afterwards she was sent together with Saint Juliana to the city of Rhosus, where both were burned in the fire.