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Saint Thekla: A Good Woman Will Not Be Kept Down

By Suzanne ⋅ December 11, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

Sometimes, there comes along a person who makes you sit back and just go “wow”. In the Orthodox Faith, Saint Thekla is pretty much the patron saint of “wow” - her story is nothing less than amazing.
Thekla came from the Iconium city in Turkey around A.D. 16, making her a contemporary of […]

Saint Marina: Beating Demons with Hammers

By admin ⋅ November 21, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Many women who are highly revered by the Orthodox church have done some incredibly and surprising things. Today I’m introducing Saint Marina, the patron saint of one of our Generation Orthodox Podcast contributors. Marina, our colleague on the show, shared her personal story of how Saint Marina found her and why she chose her as her patron and namesake. I’d like to go into her story a little bit more to show our readers that sometimes, female saints in the Orthodox church get a little radical.

Saint Martha: Loss, Life, and Love

By Suzanne ⋅ November 5, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

This blog is extremely personal and emotional for me to write, but that’s where we find God is most present – our personal lives. I’m focusing today on Saint Martha, a beautiful saint whose chief saintly act was that of Love.
Saint Martha first enters into the life of Christ when she welcomes Jesus into […]

Photini: Light and Living Water

By Suzanne ⋅ October 18, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

When I was chrismated on Pentecost 2007, I took on the name of my patron saint. I chose Photina, the Latin version of the name Photini (Russian: Sveltana), the Samaritan Woman at the well in John 4:5-42. I really wish I could describe what happened to my heart when I read her story, and what […]

Welcome to Woman, Thou Art Awesome!

By Suzanne ⋅ October 16, 2007 ⋅ 6 comments

During the second podcast of Generation Orthodox, the discussion turned towards woman sainthood in the Orthodox church. I made the incorrect statement that I felt “limited” in chosing a patron saint for my Chrismation, and after a very lively discussion I was approached about writing a weekly blog about the female saints in Orthodoxy. Not […]