Writing this today, 20th October 2023, I remember how I used to think about Gaza in the sixth century, and reflect sadly on the...

The lions of the Judaean ;desert. It would appear that in the sixth century, the Judaean desert was peopled not only with monks but...

Moses the Ethiopian, a famous Desert Father Apart from St. Anthony the Great himself, the Desert Fathers are perhaps the most famous of...

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...

The Desert of Chalcis There were ascetics in Syria at the time when Anthony withdrew to the Egyptian desert, but their practices were...

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...