st. athanasia then gave away the bulk of her possessions, converted their home into a convent and began building churches. she served as an abbess and was known for her miraculous healing of the sick and those seen as possessed. her community later moved to timia near the ancient church of stephen the protomartyr. here crowds flocked to see her. as her fame grew she moved to constantinople seeking solitude as an anchoress in a cell for seven years. while walled away, she was an adviser to the empress theodora ii. after seven years, she returned to aegina, where she died of natural causes three days later at timia on 14 august 860.