The Amazing Story of St. Photini and Her Family http://www.st-marymagdalene.org/parish-blog/2020/5/20/the-amazing-story-of-st-photini-and-her-family https://www.st-marymagdalene.org/parish-blog/2020/5/20/the-amazing-story-of-st-photini-and-her-family Fr. Gabriel May 20, 2020 Christ is Risen! During the earliest days of Christianity, in the decades that followed the Resurrection of Christ, it was incredibly dangerous to call yourself a Christian in public. In order to celebrate the Liturgy together, men and women had to meet in secret in the last place that the authorities would think to look: The Catacombs! The Divine Liturgy was actually celebrated in the first centuries of the Church on top of the bones of the martyrs of the faith who were laid to rest! This tradition is carried on in our Churches today. When an altar table is consecrated, there is a piece of a martyr’s bone that is placed in the table itself, whi...