18/06/2026
St Alina the Martyr – 18 June
🔹St Alina was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels, Belgium, in the seventh century.
🔹She converted to Christianity in secret, without the knowledge of her pagan parents.
🔹One night, while secretly attending the Divine Liturgy, her father’s guards followed her and saw her entering a chapel in Vorst.
🔹Believing that his daughter had fallen under the supposed spells of Christians, her father ordered her arrest.
🔹The young woman resisted, and during the struggle, one of her arms was severed. She died immediately.
🔹An angel took the severed arm and placed it before the altar of the chapel where she used to pray.
🔹After witnessing these miracles, her parents converted to Christianity.
🔹In icons, she is depicted with a severed arm, healing a blind man, or receiving assistance from an angel.
🔹She is also known as Alena, and many faithful ask for her intercession for toothaches and eye ailments.
