St. Tryphena and St. Tryphosa
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Saint Tryphena and Saint Tryphosa are Christian women mentioned in Romans 16:12, where Paul writes: "Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa." Their names, meaning "delicate" and "dainty," contrast with the labor Paul attributes to them, for they were workers in the Lord who toiled for the Gospel in the earliest days of the Roman church.
Their inclusion among Paul's greetings places them in the apostolic community at Rome, where they likely hosted gatherings and served the poor. Tradition honors them as martyrs, and a later account links Tryphena with Saint Anastasia, in which she is said to have sustained a martyr in prison.
Their feast is kept in martyrologies of East and West. They are patrons of women who labor in the Church and of all whose quiet service sustains.
Suggested prayer
O God, who numbered Tryphena and Tryphosa among the workers in the Lord and entrusted to them the spread of the Gospel in Rome, grant through their intercession that all who labor quietly for Your kingdom may know that their toil is precious in Your sight. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
