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Olympias, widowed at an early age, fought her society and even the Emperor himself to gain back her fortune when she refused to remarry. She promptly began to distribute the money to the Church and to those in need, establishing a house for religious life. She and several other women in her family became deaconesses and lived there. Olympias became friends with the archbishop St. John Chrysostom, and the two wrote each other incredibly important letters, which she collected and saved, helping to establish and solidify so many Church teachings and traditions that we still have today. She defended him when he was exiled, and even though her religious community was disbanded as punishment, she defended him to the end and continued writing letters.
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