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Suzanne has written 4 posts for Icon New Media Network

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 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 […]