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Gaza
Writing this today, 20th October 2023, I remember how I used to think about Gaza in the sixth century, and reflect sadly on the...
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- Nov 26, 2023
- 3 min
Lions of the Judaean desert
The lions of the Judaean ;desert. It would appear that in the sixth century, the Judaean desert was peopled not only with monks but...
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- Jun 30, 2023
- 6 min
The Desert Fathers.
Moses the Ethiopian, a famous Desert Father Apart from St. Anthony the Great himself, the Desert Fathers are perhaps the most famous of...
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- Jun 30, 2023
- 4 min
St. Sabas: Ascetic and Property developer.
The Monastery of Mar Saba St. Sabas is one of the better known of the early ascetics, because, apart from anything else, the monastery he...
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sabinedarrall
- Jun 30, 2023
- 4 min
Marcianos: A Syrian Ascetic of the Fourth Century.
The Desert of Chalcis There were ascetics in Syria at the time when Anthony withdrew to the Egyptian desert, but their practices were...
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- Jun 30, 2023
- 3 min
St. Anthony the Great.
Known as the Father of Monasticism, St. Anthony was born in 251 and died in 356 and is believed by many to have been the originator of...
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