Saint Sampson the Hospitable, Founder of the Largest Free Clinic in the Roman Empire
Saint Sampson the Hospitable was the son of rich and illustrious Roman parents. In his youth he received an excellent education, he studied the medical arts, and doctored the sick without charge. After the death of his parents St Sampson generously distributed alms and set his slaves free, preparing himself to go into the wilderness. […]
THE TRANSPORTABLE CHURCH OF SAINT CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
Eusebius informs us in his Life of Constantine (Ch. XII) that during Constantine’s battles against Licinius, he pitched a tabernacle with a Cross at a distance from his camp where he would pray in times of battle. Eusebius writes: But while Licinius, giving himself up to these impieties, rushed blindly towards the gulf of destruction, […]
SAINT CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HISTORICAL TRUTH
The reason that I chose this day for the presentation of my thesis is the feast of St. Constantine and his mother, St. Helen, which was just two days ago. (May 21st) The appropriate use of sources It is a known fact that the stance of historians with respect to Constantine the […]
SAINT MONICA-A PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR CHRISTIAN MOTHERS
Saint Monica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (June 15), was born in 322 in Tagaste, North Africa. Her parents were Christians, but little is known of her early life. Most of our information about her comes from Book IX of her son’s Confessions. St Monica was married to a pagan official named […]