(Feb. 6) Dorothy was a young Christian virgin from Caesarea, in modern-day Turkey, who lived during the time of the great persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Diocletian. In the year 311, she was arrested by the governor for being a Christian, in response to which she steadfastly confessed her faith in Christ and was consequently tortured and condemned to death. According to tradition, on the way to her execution, one of the governor’s counselors was mocking her, telling her to send him apples and roses after she arrived in paradise (it was mid-winter in Caesarea). The tradition says that right before she was put to death, Dorothy prayed and when she opened her eyes, there was a little child beside her, holding apples and roses. She asked the child to take them to the counselor after her death, and upon receiving them, he repented and converted to faith in Christ.