Euphrosyne of Polotsk

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Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Fantasy portrait, Grodno State Museum of the History of Religion, 1859
Virgin
Born	1104 Polotsk, Principality of Polotsk
Died	1167 Mar Saba near Jerusalem
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Feast	23 May
Patronage	Belarus
Website	Page on Belarusian Heroes

Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Belarusian: Еўфрасіння Полацкая; 1104–1167) was the granddaughter of Vseslav, the prince of Polotsk, and daughter of the prince Svyatoslav-Georgy Vseslavich. She has long been a popular saint among Orthodox devotees, particularly those in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia with a traditional feast day of May 23. In addition, since 1984, she has been one of the 15 patron saints of Belarus, whose lives are celebrated in the Belarusian Orthodox Church, on the first Sunday after Pentecost.^[1]