Category: Life of the Saints

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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.

• The Family That Chose Each Other Twice

  The Life of Xenophon, Mary, Arcadius, and John (5th-6th century) Xenophon was a senator in Constantinople, the greatest city in… Read more.