Saints Who Were Mothers: St Martha
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2008
St Martha the Mother of St. Simeon the Stylite- Commemorated on July 4
Saint Martha lived in Cilicia of Asia Minor during the fourth and fifth centuries and came from a poor family. She and her husband, Sisotion, were the parents of St. Simeon the Stylite.
At the age of eighteen, Simeon received the monastic tonsure without [...]

