Saint · † 109
Monastic Women
Monastic Women Xanthippe and Polyxene († 109)
New Calendar September 23 Old Calendar October 6
Why they are a saint
Monastic Women Xanthippe and Polyxene († 109) are commemorated by the Orthodox Church on September 23. Venerated as monastic saints, honored for a life of prayer and asceticism; little else about their lives has come down to us.
Limited historical information is available about this saint.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Orthodox Christians usually take Monastic Women as a patron when they bear the name Monastic at baptism, or were born or baptized near the feast on September 23.
Prayer
O holy Monastic Women, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.