Tag: courage

• The Girl Who Chose the Fire

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

• The Bishop Who Became a Bridge

  The Life of Saint Germanus of Paris (c. 496–576) The boy was born into a world that looked like the… Read more.

• The Physician Who Healed Without a Price

  The Life of Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 480–530) The old man knelt in the mud beside a leper whom… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Fought a Dragon with Words

  The Life of Saint Niketas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon (circa 760–838) The soldiers came for Niketas on a spring… Read more.

• The Philosopher Who Fought with Questions

  The Life of Saint Justin Martyr (c. 100–165 AD) In the city of Flavia Neapolis—built on the bones of ancient… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Outfoxed an Empire

  The Life of Saint Athanasius the Great (296–373 AD) Five times they drove him out. Five times he came back.… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Tamed the Dragon’s River

  The Life of Saint Niketas the Bishop of Chalcedon (8th–9th Century) The soldiers came for him at dawn. Niketas, Bishop… Read more.

• The Girl Who Sang in the Arena

  The Life of Saint Theodora of Alexandria (3rd–4th Century) Today the Church has no formal commemoration list provided, so let… Read more.

• The Physician Who Healed Without a Price

  The Life of Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 480–530) Constantinople in the sixth century was a city of gold domes… Read more.

• The Girl Who Spoke Thunder to an Emperor

  The Life of Saint Christina of Tyre (3rd Century) The golden idol weighed as much as a grown man, and… Read more.