EPISODE · Jun 8, 2022 · 15 MIN

Seeker, Scholar, Benefactor

from Sermons at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour · host The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Who are today's Desert Mothers?

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(Celebrating the Feast Day of Melania the Elder - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) The Fourth Century Roman Christian matron, and seeker for God, is remembered as a Desert Mother and servant to the poor. But she was so much more. A brilliant theologian and philosopher, she used her vast fortune to build monasteries and support this new movement. She was a fierce spokesperson for what she believed during those divisive years after the Council of Nicea. She persevered.

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