July 2019 | Marg Mowczko

Month: July 2019

Olympias of Constantinople: Deaconess and Chrysostom’s Friend

Posted by Marg | Jul 25, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Early Church Women, Women in Ministry

Olympias was a determined woman who renounced her aristocratic lifestyle in order to devote herself to the church. She was an ordained deaconess and she founded and led a monastery. Olympias and her friend Chrysostom supported each other through difficult times.

Women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting

Posted by Marg | Jul 20, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Women, Women in Ministry

In Exodus 38:8 and in 1 Samuel 2:22, we are told that women served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Who were these women and what did they do? Did their service involve religious rituals?

Month: July 2019

Olympias of Constantinople: Deaconess and Chrysostom’s Friend

Women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting

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