Today the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the holy martyr Tatiana "and those who suffered with her in Rome." Traditionally, Tatiana's Day is widely celebrated in Ukraine and Russia, especially by students. \n \nAccording to church tradition, Saint Tatiana lived in Rome at the turn of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, during the cruel persecution of Christians. Her father, a noble Roman, secretly professed Christianity and raised his daughter in the Christian spirit. She did not marry and devoted all her strength to serving God. \n \nAt that time, all power in Rome was concentrated in the hands of the most ferocious persecutor of Christians, Ulpian. Tatiana was seized and they tried to force her to offer sacrifice to an idol. But in the temple of Apollo, where she was brought, the virgin prayed to Christ - and an earthquake occurred. The pagan idol split into pieces, and the fragments of the temple crushed the priests. \n \nThe pagans tortured Tatiana. During the tortures many miracles occurred: either the executioners, for whose enlightenment the saint prayed, believed in Christ, or angels deflected the blows from Tatiana and struck her tormentors, or instead of blood milk flowed from her wounds and fragrance was released into the air. \n \nAfter terrible torments, Tatiana stood before her executioners and judges even more beautiful than before. The pagans could not break the faith of the sufferer and executed her. Together with Tatiana, her father was also executed. \n \nBased on materials from RIA "Novosti"