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Our Lady of El Natour, Anfeh. Our Lady of Nourieh, Lebanon. Saint Catherine Monastery, Achrafieh. Saint Dimitrios Monastery, Kousba. Saint George Monastery, Deir el-Harf. Saint George Monastery, Amyoun. Saint Jacob Monastery, Deddeh. Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Monastery, Anfeh. Saint Simon Monastery, Chekka.
Archimandrite Polycarp. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. [4] Holy Trinity Monastery Greek Orthodox Monastery, Smith Creek, Michigan. Hieromonk Joseph. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. Panagia Pammakaristou Greek Orthodox Monastery, Lawsonville, North Carolina. Hieromonk Nektarios.
Abbot of Wearmouth, previously a soldier in earlier life. Bishop of Lindisfarne, favoured poverty, long periods of solitude and devotion. Daughter of king Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd, Abbess of Whitby. Founder of Utrecht, missionary known as Apostle of the Frisians . Bishop of Hexham, strong promoter of education.
The beginning of monasticism per-se comes right at the end of the Great Persecution of Diocletian, and the founder is Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356). As a young man he heard the words of the Gospel read in church: If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me (Matthew 19:21).
Aidan (died 651) was the founder and first bishop of the Lindisfarne island monastery in England. He is credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old Irish Aedán, Modern Irish Aodhán (meaning ' little fiery one '). Possibly born in Connacht, Aidan was originally a monk at the monastery ...
Eastern Orthodox religious workers. Christian monks by denomination. Eastern Christian monasticism. Hidden categories: Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101–200 pages. CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC.
e. St. Paul the Hermit Fed by the Raven, after Il Guercino (17th century), Dayton Art Institute. Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural ...
Paul of Thebes (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; Koinē Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος, Paûlos ho Thēbaîos; Latin: Paulus Eremita; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, [2] who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes, Roman Egypt from the age ...