The local church dedicated to Mary commemorates the Angel’s message to Joseph to leave for Egypt. They then traveled east to the ancient city of Hebron, reputedly one of the oldest cities of the world ...

There he finished his temporal life, and passed into life eternal. The monks passed on the life of Saint Mary of Egypt by word of mouth without writing it down. “I however,” says Saint Sophronius of ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

A young woman abandons her fathers home due to misconduct in her family environment and is thrown into a life of pleasures for a long time Unexpectedly a heavenly ...

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