Confrontation Between St. Demiana and Her Father Mark
When news came to St. Demiana that her father had denied Christ and had kneeled and offered incense before the idols, she quickly left her palace and went immediately to see her father. Upon meeting him, she said: "What have I heard about you? I wish I had heard the news of your death rather than knowing that you have forsaken God, who created you, and worshipped what is made by hands. How could you deny your Savior who shed His blood to save you and kneel down to stone idols inhabited by Satan? What you did, my father, is cowardly and shameful. If you insist on what you have done and do not relent by denouncing the idols, then you are not my father and I am not your daughter. It is better for you, O my father, that you die as a martyr and live with Christ in heaven forever than to live as a pagan here and die with the devil in hell forever." She then departed.
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