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On January 17, the Catholic saintship recalls Saint Anthony Abad, a 4th century hermit and founder of Christian monasticism, a symbol of radical faith and ascetic life. Read more
Saint Anthony the Great: The founder of monasticism in the East | Orthodox Times (en)
Saint Anthony was born around 250 in the city of Coma in Upper Egypt to wealthy and pious parents. He lived under the reign of Roman emperors, such as Diocletian (284-305), Maximian (285-305), and Constantine the Great. From a very young age, he was spartan and self-sufficient and showed interest in the worship life of the church. At the age of 20, he lost both his parents. Six months later he distributed his wealth to the poor, by the evangelic…
Saint Anthony, a popular Saint of our Church, has been called “The Great” and “Professor of the Desert”. We all know that our Holy Church does not grant titles easily. It is, as we say, frugal and grants them to a few, to special ones, to honor their lives of excellence in mind and speech. A characteristic of…
Abbot Anthony’s Narrow, but Joyful, Way to Heaven
Saint Anthony (+356) is commonly called ‘the Abbot’, or Anthony ‘of Egypt’, where he retreated to the wilderness as a young man to live completely devoted to God and His Christ. His eponym as the ‘Abbot’ was given to him as the founder of that perfect and narrow living out of the imitation of Christ now known as monastic life, particularly in its eremitical, or ‘hermit’, form. As a young man of 18, Anthony had a deep conversion upon hearing Chri…
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