![]() ![]() The tears of her parents did not soften her, nor the exhortation of any other relative. Cymbals did not deceive her hearing, nor was the flute able to weaken the course of her soul. The weave of multicolored clothing did not seduce her eye, nor the different colors of precious stones. But the wise and noble-spirited woman did not at all arrange things according to these counsels of her parents hearing worldly marriage, she imagined divine marriage and overlooking many suitors, she possessed the inclination for the divine Bridegroom alone. And certainly her parents gladly urged the young girl toward marriage, urging this so that through her the succession of their line would be protected. Some were attracted by her abundant wealth, some by the decorum of her parents but over and above these things they were attracted to the beauty of the girl herself. ![]() But when everything was prepared for the desired end, and when the contracts were completed, the young one flew away like a bird from a snare, having exchanged his earthly bride for the perfect and free assembly of the saints.īut she still being in paternal protection, for the first time trained her soul toward love for the divine and thus she performed no cares of the body, as she carefully observed the impulses of her nature.įor she was exceedingly beautiful physically as to attract to herself from her first youth many suitors. One of the brothers, when he was of youthful age, died the other, having arrived at his twenty-fifth year, was exhorted into marriage by his parents. And present with her as well was a like-minded sister, and two brothers who were also prepared for the most religious life. It was not that a large number of people pleased them, nor did they marvel at the greatness of the buildings but finding there a single faith with pure love, they regarded this foreign settlement their second home.Īnd the blessed Syncletike was admired from all sides because of her family moreover, she was adorned by all the other customary worldly pleasures. When they arrived at the place, they found the circumstances to be better than what they had heard said about the place. ![]() Her ancestors, having heard of the love of God and the love of Christ of the Alexandrians, went from Macedonia to lay hold of the city of the Macedonian (Alexandria). The blessed Syncletike, named after the heavenly assembly, was from the land of the Macedonians. ![]()
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