St. Apollinaria /Dorotheos of Egypt is one of a group of women saints of the early church who took on men’s clothing in order to live as monks. The historian Paul Halsall says of this group: At work here is an old…
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St Eugenia / Eugenios, 24th December
24th December is the day the Eastern Orthodox Church remembers St Eugenia / Eugenios of Alexandria, another of the group of female saints in the early church who dressed as men to be admitted to all-male monasteries. Holy Virgin and…
