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Saint Sophia the Martyr (died AD 137) is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on September 17. Born in Italy, Sophia had three daughters: Faith, Hope and Charity, who were named after virtues mentioned by Saint Paul in .〔Sophia's name means "wisdom" in Greek. Her daughter's names are rendered in Greek as ''Pistis'', ''Elpis'', and ''Agape''. In Ukrainian, they are called Віра, Надія і Любов (Vira, Nadia and Lyubov'). In Russian, they are called ''Vera'', ''Nadezhda'', and ''Lyubov''. In Bulgarian, they are called ''Вяра, Надежда и Любов'' (''Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov'').〕 The daughters are said to have been martyred during the reign of Hadrian (117–138). The guards took Sophia's daughters one by one, from the oldest to the youngest and beat and tortured them to death in an attempt to force their mother, Sophia, to renounce her faith in Christ. Afterwards, Sophia buried her daughters' bodies and remained by their graves for three days until she died herself. According to tradition, in 778 part of their relics was transferred to the women's convent at Eschau in Alsace. Troparion of St. Sophia and her 3 daughters (Tone 5):
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