Holy Beauty Barbara

Do you know the TV series Santa Barbara? This series shows a well-fed glamorous life, where people chase after pleasures and suffer from dissatisfaction with their desires. And the girl in whose honor the series is named suffered for her faith in God. A strange combination, isn't it?

Who is she? Have you ever thought that Santa Barbara is Saint Barbara, her day is celebrated today, December 17th. Of course, the series was not named after this great maiden, the series is named after the city, which in turn was named after Barbara.

Many geographical points are named in her honor, and even an asteroid! I wonder if a modern secular lioness, for example, Ksenia Sobchak, will be able to make her be remembered in 1700 years and named cities and the planet after her?

Most likely, they will forget during their lifetime ...

And we will return to Barbara, how did she deserve such veneration?
The Holy Great Martyr Barbara was born in the city of Iliopolis (present-day Syria) under the emperor Maximinus (305-311) into a noble and wealthy family. In addition to her noble birth, Varvara possessed heavenly beauty, so much was given to her from the very beginning. True, they remembered the saint for their own achievements and exploits.

Barbara's father Dioscorus lost his wife early, and was passionately attached to his only daughter. To protect the beautiful girl from prying eyes, he built a special castle for his daughter, from where she left, only with the permission of her father.

Barbara, being in captivity, contemplated the beauty of the world from the window of her tower. Over time, she began to want more and more to know the true creator of all this splendor.

But she could not get an answer from the people around her. The servants assigned to her claimed that this whole beautiful world was created by the gods, who are worshiped by her father.

The saint saw these gods and doubted, these idols themselves are made by human hands, where they can create the whole world, heaven and stars. How could these gods create such a bright sky and such earthly beauty? There must be one such God, Who was not created by the hand of man, but He Himself, who has his own being! Thus, Saint Barbara learned to cognize the Creator from the creations of the visible world.

Over time, rich and noble suitors began to come to Dioscoros more and more often, asking for the hand of his daughter. The father, who had long dreamed of the marriage of Varvara, decided to start a conversation with her about marriage, but, to his chagrin, he heard from her a decisive refusal to fulfill his will. Dioscorus decided that over time, his daughter's mood would change and she would develop a tendency toward marriage. To do this, he allowed her to leave the tower, hoping that in communication with her friends, she would see a different attitude towards marriage and family life.

Only her father was wrong, Barbara met true Christians, from whom she learned about God and the Creator of all things. The saint was baptized and decided to devote her whole life to God.

Her life actually changed, as her father soon found out, who became very angry and demanded that her daughter renounce the new faith and worship the old gods. Varvara endured all the humiliation and torture, in the end, when her father realized that he could not achieve Barbara's renunciation of Christianity, he cut off her head himself.

Soon Dioscorus was overtaken by sudden death, lightning struck him and turned him to ash. And Barbara from that moment to the present day is revered by the entire Christian world. Millions of Christians pray to her, churches have been erected in her honor, many icons and paintings have been painted.

mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ not a spiritual site, ordinary earthly topics are discussed here, so there is no way to tell in detail the whole life of Barbara. If you are interested, you can find everything about the saint on the Internet, it is not difficult at all. If you are surprised by its history, think about it, do people just remember someone for 1700 years?

No, people quickly forget, even their grandparents, not to mention strangers, albeit great people.If they remember 1700 years, they name cities and planets in her honor, then there is a reason ...