Right-Believing Right-Believing Princess Fevronia, in Monasticism Euphrosinia, of Murom

Right-Believing Princess Fevronia of Murom, in monasticism Euphrosinia, was the daughter of a peasant bee-keeper from the Ryazan lands, renowned for her wisdom and gift of healing. According to the 16th-century "Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom" (recorded by the priest Ermolai-Erasmus), she healed Prince Peter of Murom from sores inflicted by the blood of a serpent he had slain, on condition that he marry her.

The proud boyars and their wives refused to accept a commoner as princess and forced the couple into exile; Peter chose banishment over separation from his wife. Civil unrest soon forced the boyars to recall them, and the couple ruled wisely and justly for many years. In old age both took monastic vows as David and Euphrosinia, vowing to be buried in a single coffin. They died on the same day and hour — June 25, 1228. Their bodies were found miraculously reunited after separate burial attempts, and they now rest together at the Nativity Monastery in Murom, where their relics remain to this day.

Canonized at the Moscow Council of 1547, Peter and Fevronia are venerated as patrons of marital fidelity and family love; their joint feast (July 8) is celebrated in Russia as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.