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Letters to Olympias

By: St. John Chrysostom
Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
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Summary

The deaconess Olympias, to whom 17 of Chrysostom's extant letters are addressed, was born about 368 to a pagan family of high rank. After the death of her father Seleucus, she was brought up under the guardianship of her uncle Procopius who was a devout Christian.

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