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Pope Kyrillos: St Shenouda Monastery Sydney

By: John Watson Kyrillos was first and foremost a priest who celebrated the Eucharist daily. He was also a monk. ‘Priest-monk’ is not always a useful description of either one who has given himself to the sacerdotal life nor to one who has joined a monastery as a monk. The priesthood has often been little …

Is Monasticism a Desire or a Calling?

By: Fr Youssef Asaad The disciples said to Him, “If this is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry!” But He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who were born this way from …

The Monk and the Life of Solitude - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos

The monk doesn’t need anyone to tell him about solitude for the monk came to the monastery seeking to be isolated from the world, seeking to be a monk (monakhos) and by definition a monk is he who lives a solitary life. We are not speaking about solitude in any negative connotation but rather a …

Jerome talks about the Monks of Egypt - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

Since you like to hear about holy things, lend an ear to me for a few moments. There are in Egypt three classes of monks. First, there are the cenobites, or as we should say, men living in a community. Secondly, there are the anchorites, who live in the desert, each man by himself, and …

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