To understand the system of Pachomius’ communal monasticism is to understand Pachomius’ spirituality. In the first place Pachomian spirituality was...
Escaping To The Desert
A young man desired to renounce and abandon the world, and many times set off to fulfil his desire. However,...
Enclosed Within Four Walls
Spirituality in the desert or on the mountain, differs in its manner from spirituality in the city. One of the...
Is Monasticism for me?
Monasticism is not like you see it in movies. It is not like you read of it in books. It...
A Summary of The Fr Abdel Messieh el Macarii Biography
The blessed father Abdel Messieh el Macarii was born in 1892 in the village of Abu Shehata, district of Mattai...
On How the Beauty of Monastic Life Is Preserved
The monk ought to be in his appearance and all his actions an exemplar of profit to those who see...
The Syrian Orthodox Church. It’s contributions to the ascetic life
The Syrian Church strengthened the Ascetic life and founded from the 4th Century onwards hundreds of monasteries which were occupied...
Why Monasticism?
“Acquire a peaceful spirit, and around you thousands will be saved.” Saint Seraphim of Sarov Visitors to our monastery, usually...
A Testimony by Dr Otto Meinardus
Today, 4.5 km west of Dair el-Baramous is one of the few inhabited caves in the ancient Desert of Scetis....
The Great Man From The Cave…Departed To Jerusalem
Monasticism of this Christian era did not know a monk who lived the life of continuous solitude to the degree...