Tag: exile

• The Bishop Who Fought Dragons with Words

  The Life of Saint Nikitas of Chalcedon (died c. 842) The emperor’s soldiers came for the icons at dawn. They… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Fought a Dragon with Words

  The Life of Saint Niketas the Bishop of Chalcedon (8th–9th Century) The soldiers came for Niketas on a cold morning.… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Befriended the Wild Things

  The Life of Saint Columba of Iona (521–597 AD) The storm hit the little boat sideways. Salt water poured over… 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 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 Word Made Flesh: Refugee, Revelation, and the Pattern of Divine Descent

  How God’s Self-Emptying Love Becomes the Path We Must Walk Christmas reveals something so radical that Paul had to insist… Read more.