What is Vasilissa (child martyr)?
{{Infobox Saint |name=Holy Martyr Vasilissa |birth_date=300 |death_date=309 |feast_day=September 16<br/>(September 3 old calendar) |venerated_in=[[Russian Orthodox Church]] }} '''Vasilissa, Holy Martyr''' (300{{spnd}}309) was a small child when [[martyr]]ed, suffering in [[Nicomedia]] not long after the death of Anthimus. According to the [[Russian Orthodox]] tradition, the [[torture]]rs covered her whole body with wounds, but she remained faithful to Christ. She was also tortured with fire and was before wild beasts, yet remained unscathed. Her torturer, Alexander, seeing those wonders, repented and became a Christian. Vasilissa went out into a field, fell on her knees and prayed to God, thanking Him for her endurance under torture, and, while thus praying, gave her soul into God's hands. She died in 309 in Nicomedia. [[Category:300s deaths|Vasilissa, Martyr]] [[Category:3rd-century births|Vasilissa, Martyr]] [[Category:Russian Orthodox saints]] [[Category:Murdered children]] {{bio-stub}}