Catholic Saint
St. Barbara the New Martyr
“The faithful companion and fellow martyr of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr.”
Feast Day: July 18
Biography
Barbara Yakovleva was a novice at the Martha and Mary Convent and a devoted friend of St. Elizabeth. When the secret police came to deport Elizabeth, they offered Barbara her freedom, but she refused to abandon her mentor. She shared in the same horrific death in the Alapaevsk mine shaft.
Prayer to St. Barbara the New Martyr
I will not leave you, no matter what happens.