THE STORY OF THE COPTS - THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN EGYPT

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XIII. THE ATHANASIAN AGE A. 188. Macari, the "aged youth". B. 189. Didymus, the blind seer. C. 190. Syncletiki, a trail-blazer a ...

A. 188. Athanasius alone – the man who by the sheer strength of his character has altered the direction of history – would have ...

The second shows the extent of love he succeeded in reaching and in planting in the hearts of the ascetics living under his guid ...

Instructing his disciples one day, he said to them: "If in desiring to rebuke anyone thou art thyself moved to anger, thou dost ...

knowledge. Assiduous in listening to the most learned professors of the great metropolis, he mastered grammar, rhetoric, poetry, ...

the destructions and ravages which inevitably resulted from persecutions and political strife.^11 When Abba Athanasius was a fug ...

parents were not destined to be realised, however; for bereavement and sorrow cut them short. Of their two sons, one died as a l ...

themes she stressed were the love of God and of one's neighbour, and the importance of practicing Christian virtues. She fortifi ...

preparation and self-discipline. And when there was need for their help and succour, they were trained and ready to answer it po ...

Juliana from Caesarea of Cappadocia in whose house Origen had found shelter for two years, and who was given one of his books by ...

number of these solitaires persisted in following their chosen path, became saints and outlived a century! Out of their experien ...

With the victory of Constantine, the conscripts were released, and Pakhom was among them. Remembering the pledge he had made, h ...

This conclusion which Pakhom reached was confirmed by a celestial vision wherein he saw an angel of the Lord appearing to him a ...

according to their outstanding traits, and designating each group with an alphabetical designation such as ‘iota’, ‘exsi’, etc.^ ...

"tribe", and its "chief" was elected by the abbots – or heads – of the member monasteries who held regular conferences together. ...

him a visit. Arriving at the gate of her brother's monastery, she inquired after him. Pakhom sent her the following message with ...

cast out a devil. What more glorious powers can a man desire?”^24 Pakhom impressed upon his monks that the greatest sin was that ...

In the year 346 A.D. the plague decimated the whole land, invading the very monasteries. St. Pakhom, like a good shepherd, went ...

But probably the deepest impact of Abba Pakhom on Europe was that exercised on the Benedictine Order. St. Benedict, the Italian ...