Letters of Saint John Chrysostom to Olympias
Letters of Saint John Chrysostom to Olympias
Saint Olympias, the Deaconess
Olympias was born in Constantinople of very distinguished parents. Her father, Anysius Secundus, was a senator and her mother was the daughter of the famous nobleman Eulavius who is mentioned in the hagiography of St. Nicholas the Wonder-worker. When Olympias reached maturity, she was betrothed to a nobleman who died before the marriage took place. […]