Category: Life of the Saints

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  The Emperor Who Chose the Desert

  The Life of Saint Theodosius the Great, Emperor of Rome (347-395) The messenger found Theodosius on his family’s estate in… Read more.

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  The Healer Who Wrestled Demons

  The Life of Saint Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsakos (4th century) The boy who would become a great healer spent his… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Sent Roses from Paradise

  The Life of Virgin Martyr Dorothy of Caesarea (died c. 304) The executioner’s sword was already raised when the lawyer… Read more.

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  The Scholar Who Wrote Ten Thousand Letters

  The Life of Saint Isidore of Pelusium (ca. 360-436) The ship rocked against the Egyptian harbor, and the young man… Read more.

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  The Old Man Who Held the Universe

  The Life of Saint Simeon the God-Receiver (1st Century) The old man’s hands shook. They had shaken for years now—the… Read more.

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  The Woman Who Chose the Desert Over Gold

  The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt (c. 344-421) For seventeen years, Mary lived in Alexandria, the greatest city in… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Chose the Arena

  The Life of Saint Tatiana of Rome (3rd century) In third-century Rome, when the empire stretched from Britain to Babylon… Read more.

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  The Physician Who Became a Desert Dweller

  The Life of Saints Cyrus and John (died 311) Cyrus had everything a man could want in fourth-century Alexandria. A… Read more.

• The Man Who Chose the Lions

  The Life of Ignatius the Godbearer (died 107) In the city of Antioch, where followers of Jesus first called themselves… Read more.

• The Poet Who Wept for the World

  The Life of Ephraim the Syrian (306-373) Ephraim was born in Nisibis, a city caught between two empires—Roman and Persian—where… Read more.