The Apostle Paul's description of the fruits of faith.
How this description applies to the martyrs of Egypt.
The Theban Legion.
St. Verena.
St. Mena, called the "wonder-worker".
Saint Dimiana and the forty virgins.
The Five and their mother.
‘Mari Girgis’, known the world over as St. George.
Abba Paphnuti.
Concluding remarks.
In chapter eleven of the Epistle to the Hebrews, St.
Paul the Apostle, describes the mighty deeds that men, some
of whom he named, and many he did not name-were able to
do through faith. In a rising crescendo of deeply effective
terms, this giant among the apostles, speaks of how, through
faith, they “... wrought righteousness, obtained promises
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of
the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that
they might obtain a better resurrection. And others had trial
of cruel mocking and scourings, yea, moreover of bonds and
imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder
were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered
about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted
tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy) they
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves
of the earth ... and obtained a good report through faith ...".
