A certain brother came to Abba Arsenius, and said to him, “My thoughts trouble me, and say, you …
A certain brother came to Abba Arsenius, and said to him, “My thoughts trouble me, and say, you …
“There is a man in the south of Egypt called Shenoute. Whatever he says truly comes to pass.” …
Perhaps the single most all-encompassing text of Evagrius on abandonment is found in the Gnostikos. Its presence in …
The Commemoration of the Miracle performed by St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, Cappadocia. A young man, who loved …
By the time of St. Athanasius (295-373) the concept of spiritual martyrdom had become fairly uniform and definite. …
One of the fathers said: “The secret of the strength and flourishing of monasticism in the early centuries …
The cell was regarded in the apophthegms as a specific space where one lived and followed a particular …
For once, when about to eat, having risen up to pray about the ninth hour, he perceived that …
The text tells us about a probably young Upper-Egyptian man, who was a merchant of imported women's fabrics. …
The Coptic monk is one who, above all, abides in the presence of God. Whereas, it may happen …
