Saint Christina
Before she was Christina, she was Yazdoi.
A daughter of Persia whose faith in Christ became stronger than fear, pressure, and the demands of her age.
Before she was remembered as Christina, she was Yazdoi — a daughter of Persia, born into rank, expectation, and the religious world of the Sasanian Empire. Her future was supposed to be decided by bloodline, family honor, and the demands of power. But somewhere in the mystery of grace, she encountered Christ.
Her new name, Christina, was more than a change of identity. It was a confession. She belonged to Christ.
The tradition remembers her as a woman who refused to surrender her conscience, her faith, or her body to a life that denied the Lord she had come to love. For that witness, she gave her life.
We chose her name because she is Persian, Christian, female, and courageous. She reminds us that Persian Christianity is not new, imported, or accidental. It is ancient, costly, beautiful, and alive.
Her name was more than a change of identity. It was a confession.
A witness for our time
In the shadow of Iran's modern struggle for dignity, especially the courage shown by women, Saint Christina's witness speaks with renewed force. We do not reduce her to politics. We receive her as a saint. But her life reminds us that the courage of Persian women, the dignity of conscience, and faithfulness to truth have always mattered.
Remembered in the tradition
- Known as Yazdoi before her Christian name, Christina.
- A Sasanian Persian noblewoman by birth.
- Converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the Church of the East.
- Remembered as a virgin martyr whose witness endured.
- Her memory is associated with courage, conscience, and costly faith.
- Her feast is traditionally remembered in March.