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21coenobitical — adjective of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living • Syn: ↑cenobitic, ↑coenobitic, ↑cenobitical • Ant: ↑eremitic (for: ↑cenobitic) • …
22Pachomius — For other uses, see Pachomius (disambiguation). Saint Pakhom Father of Spiritual Communal Monastic Life …
23Great Lavra (Athos) — Coordinates: 40°10′16″N 24°22′58″E / 40.17111°N 24.38278°E / 40.17111; 24.38278 …
24Christian monasticism before 451 — Eastern Christian monasticism developed for around a century and a half, and as a spontaneous religious movement, up to the time of the Council of Chalcedon, which took place in 451. At that Council, monasticism had become an acknowledged part of …
25Eastern Orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * * * officially Orthodox Catholic Church One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the… …
26Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon — Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth …
27Monasticism — Trappist monk praying in his cell. Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone) is a religious way of life characterized by the practice of renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one s self to spiritual work.… …
28Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… …
29Prodromos (Mount Athos) — The Romanian Skete Prodromos ( ro. Schitul românesc Prodromu) is a Romanian cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery, located in the eastern extremity (called Vigla) of the Eastern Orthodox Monastic State of the Holy Mountain Athos …
30Pachomius, Saint — ▪ Egyptian monk born c. 290, probably in Upper Egypt died 346, feast day May 9 founder of Christian cenobitic (communal) monasticism, whose rule (book of observances) for monks is the earliest extant. Of Egyptian origin, Pachomius… …
