Category: Life of the Saints

• The Girl Who Became Fire

  The Life of Saint Zoe of Caesarea (5th Century) The slave auction in Caesarea smelled of salt and sweat and… Read more.

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  The Woman Who Became a Monk

  The Life of Venerable Mary (called Marinus) of Alexandria (6th century) The ship rocked gently in Alexandria’s harbor as a… Read more.

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  The Empress Who Restored the Icons

  The Life of Saint Theodora the Empress (died ca. 867) The young woman from Paphlagonia had dark eyes that missed… Read more.

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  The Monk Who Fed a City

  The Life of Venerable Prokhor of the Kiev Caves (died 1107) The famine came in the third year of drought.… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Chose the Lions

  The Life of Saint Thecla, Equal to the Apostles (1st Century) The lions would not touch her. Thecla stood in… Read more.

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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.