by Bob | Mar 8, 2008 | Black Church History, Women, Women's History, Women's Ministry, Women's Studies, Womens' Soul Care
An Amazing Sister in an Amazing FamilyMacrina the Younger (327-379 AD) came from one of the most amazing families in all of Church history. Her paternal grandmother was Macrina the Elder, her mother was Emmelia, and her brothers were Peter, Basil and Gregory of Nyssa....
by Bob | Mar 6, 2008 | Church History, Women's Ministry
Spiritual Friend to Her Physical Family: GorgoniaNonna and her husband Gregory the Elder were the parents of Gregory of Nazianzus and Gorgonia (325-375 AD). Gorgonia and her husband Alypius lived in Iconium where they raised two sons who became bishops and three godly...
by Bob | Mar 4, 2007 | Church Mothers, Women's Ministry, Womens' Soul Care
The Legacy of Macrina the Elder Macrina the Elder learned the Christian life in the school of suffering. She was born sometime before 270 AD in Neocaesarea in Pontus (Asia Minor). During the persecution of Diocletian, Macrina fled the city with her husband and they...
by Bob | Dec 12, 2006 | Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Sustaining, Women's Ministry
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