Tag: courage

• The Girl Who Stood Like a Mountain

  The Life of Saint Febronia of Nisibis (†304 AD) The city of Nisibis sat on the edge of the Roman… Read more.

• The Girl Who Chose Her Own Name

  The Life of Saint Irene of Thessaloniki (c. 282–304) Her father named her Penelope. He was a governor in the… Read more.

• The Goth Who Would Not Bow to Fire

  The Life of Saint Savva the Goth (334–372) The river was swollen with spring melt the night they dragged Savva… Read more.

• The Actor Who Refused to Pretend

  The Life of the Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (4th century) The crowd was laughing. That was the whole point.… Read more.

• The Abbess Who Refused to Disappear

  The Life of Saint Athanasia of Aegina (c. 790–860) On the island of Aegina, where the sea beats against rocks… Read more.

• The Girl Who Stood Before the Emperor and Did Not Flinch

  The Life of Saint Christina of Tyre (3rd Century) The house smelled of gold. That was the first strange thing… Read more.

• The Girl Who Walked Through Fire for a Garden

  The Life of Saint Dorothea of Caesarea (died c. 311 AD) The executioner’s blade was already drawn when a young… Read more.

• The Woman Who Outargued an Empire

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The fifty philosophers filed into the emperor’s hall like soldiers marching… Read more.

• The Woman Who Taught the Philosophers to See

  The Life of Saint Macrina the Younger (c. 327–379) The house was full of weeping when Gregory arrived. He had… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Planted Trees in the Desert

  The Life of Saint Basil the Great (330–379 AD) The heat in Caesarea that summer was the kind that made… Read more.