Early Life
Where was Saint Barbara born?
What is Nicomedia
What did the three windows in her tower symbolize?
What is the Holy Trinity?
Who tortured Saint Barbara after she refused to renounce her faith?
Who are the Roman authorities?
In which city can you find the church that houses Saint Barbara's relics?
What is Cairo
Why did Saint Barbara’s father keep her in a tower?
What did Saint Barbara do after learning about Christianity?
What is she was secretly baptized by a Christian priest?
Who ultimately carried out Saint Barbara’s execution?
Who is her father, Dioscorus?
How is Saint Barbara’s faith viewed in the Coptic Orthodox Church?
What is as an example of steadfastness and courage?
What was Saint Barbara’s father’s name and what was his job?
Who is Dioscorus and what is a pagan governor?
What was the priest's name that baptized her?
What is Origen
What miraculous event occurred when Barbara was paraded through the city?
What is a brilliant light that covered her nakedness and healed her wounds.
What was the ultimate fate of Dioscuros, Barbara's father, after her martyrdom?
What is he went insane and died.
What happened when Dioscuros discovered the changes and her conversion
What is he was enraged and Barbara fled but was eventually captured
How did Saint Barbara first begin to contemplate the existence of a higher power?
What is by contemplating the natural world?
What was Saint Barbara’s punishment for refusing to renounce her faith?
What is severe torture and beheading?
How were their bodies discovered and by who?
What is a Christian discovered the two white-robed bodies.
What century did Saint Barbara live in?
What is the 3rd century?
What was the reaction of Saint Barbara’s father to her faith?
What is he was furious and handed her over to the Roman authorities?
What does Saint Barbara’s martyrdom symbolize in the Coptic Orthodox tradition?
What is unwavering faith and courage in the face of persecution?
When do people often invoke Saint Barbara in their prayers?
What is as an intercessor for protection in times of danger or suffering?