Vasta is a small village in the municipality of Megalopoli in Arcadia, Greece. The village is famous for the miracle church of St. Theodora. The saint lived in the 11th century and helped defend her village by disguising herself as a male soldier. Legend has it that she died saying: “Let my blood become church, my blood a river, my hair the forest.” This church was built at the site of her grave. A local river rerouted to pass directly under the church causing seventeen trees to sprout from the roof of the church. Locals attribute this miracle to St. Theodora.
