起初佐伊是一个妓女，并上门引诱玛尔提尼安。当她看到这位修士赤足在火中以便打消自己的欲望的时候，佐伊深受感动和懊悔，于是她隐退到伯利恒的一座女修道院中，如同一名修道者和隐士一样过着与世隔绝的禁欲生活。她将自己的罪恶进行了忏悔，由此，她从上帝那里收到了创造奇迹的恩典。海风将圣佛提纳冲到了玛尔提尼安隐匿的岛屿上， 玛尔提尼安立即逃离该岛，而佛提纳则留守在那里，恒切进行祷告和斋戒，直到她去世时为止。 
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- At least for the next ten years to ensure the survival on the Internet by reserving quality servers,
- To rent one domain in every language in which the project has been translated,
- To translate the calendar in Italian, Polish and Armenian language, as soon as possible
- To work towards the further development of the project, adapting it for mobile devices and modern technologies
- To do the annual calendar, display showing the liturgical readings per week
- To supplement existing content
- To do a completely new approach with banners and a small calendars for other sites,
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