As is the custom, she was [[Baptism|baptized]] 40 days after birth. When the local clergyman Vasily Troitsky dipped her into the [[font]], a column of light, sweet-scented steam rose up from the font to the ceiling. The clergyman was amazed, and said: ''“I have christened many an infant, but have never seen anything like this! This infant shall be a [[saint]]!”''. The child was christened Matrona, in honor of the venerable Matrona,<ref group="note">Saint Matrona, Abbess of Constantinople ([http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/matrona.html Matrona of Perge]), + ca. 510, feast day [[November 9]].</ref> a Greek zealot of the 5th century.