Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the martyrdom of Alexandra, the reputed wife of the Emperor Diocletian.
She was secretly converted to Christianity. While Saint George was being tortured, Alexandra went to the arena, bowed before him and professed her faith openly. When she questioned whether she was worthy of paradise and of martyrdom without being baptized, Saint George told her “Do not fear, for your blood will baptize you.” She was denounced a Christian and imprisoned on her husband s orders in Nicomedia, then sentenced to death.
