Thecla's story is one of many in the Apocryphal Acts which portray women giving up riches and sexual activity to follow the Apostles. Thecla was an aristocratic woman who, despite great opposition, upon hearing the preaching of Paul, renounces her family and her fiancé to follow him. Thecla endures and survives many trials and hardships as her story progresses. She eventually becoming a missionary in Seleucia, teaching the gospel and performing signs...