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In the beginning she used to eat once every couple of days but later on she used to [[Fasting|fast]] five days per week and she would only eat on Saturdays and Sundays. So, this [[saint]] of blessed memory got used to and was trained in every ascetic practice with a lot of knowledge and discretion. She also used to write with a calligraphic hand in a very nice and artistic way.
Then she went to Africa and, after she had spent seven years there distributing most of her wealth, she went to [[Alexandria]] and from there to [[Jerusalem]]. There she closed herself in a cell and with her example she attracted ninety virgins and [[nun]]s to this same zeal for asceticism. She used to provide for their daily needs unceasingly. Because she was overcome by the pain of the side, she got very sick and, after she had called the [[bishop]] of Eleutheroupolis, she received from him the [[Eucharist]]. Then she bid all the sisters farewell, and lastly uttered these words of [[Job the Long-suffering|Job]]: "As the Lord wishes, so let it be." And in this way she immediately commended her soul to the hands of [[God]].
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] - (Tone 4) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=103701]
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[[Category:Byzantine Saints]]
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[[Category:5th-century saints]]
[[ro:Melania Romana]]
