Realizing that this was because of her impurity, she was struck with remorse, and upon seeing an icon of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary) outside the church, she prayed for forgiveness and promised to give up the world (i.e., become an ascetic).
Da hun forstod, at det var på grund af hendes urenhed, blev hun ramt af anger, og da hun så ikonet af Theotokos (jomfru Maria) uden for kirken, bad hun om tilgivelse og lovede at opgive denne verden (det vil sige blive asketisk).