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61Therapeutae — The Therapeutae were a Jewish sect in which flourished in Alexandria and other parts of the Diaspora of Hellenistic Judaism in the final years of the Second Temple period. The primary source is the account De vita contemplativa ( The… …
62Cenobite (Hellraiser) — Hellraiser characters The four Cenobites featured in The Hellbound Heart and the first two entries in the Hellraiser film franchise. From left: Butterball, Pinhead, the Female, and Chatterer. Cenobites …
63Roman Catholic religious order — Religious orders ( Religious Institutes , cf. canons 573 746) are the major form of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church. They are organisations of laity and/or clergy who live a common life following a religious rule under the… …
64Self-abasement — is voluntary self punishment or humiliation in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing.Self abasement might have a religious aspect for those seeking humility before God, perhaps in the context of monastic or cenobitic lifestyle.It… …
65Religious vows — are the public vows made by the members of religious communities pertaining to their conduct, practices and views. In the Buddhist tradition, in particular within the Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition, many different kinds of religious vows are… …
66Benedictine — For other uses, see Benedictine (disambiguation). St. Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 543), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence (c. 1400–1455). Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the… …
67Desert Fathers — Coptic icon of Saint Anthony the Great. The Desert Fathers were hermits, ascetics, monks, and nuns (Desert Mothers) who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt beginning around the third century AD. The most well known was Anthony the Great,… …
68May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) — May 2 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar May 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 16 by Old Calendarists Contents 1 Saints 1.1 Other commemorations 2 Notes …
69May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) — May 14 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar May 16 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Old Calendarists Contents 1 Saints 1.1 Other commemorations 1.2 Oriental Orthodox …
70Kellia — Kellia, known as the Cells , and referred to as the innermost desert , was a 4th century Egyptian Christian monastic community located about 12 miles south of the Nitrian Desert. Founded in 338 C.E. by Saint Amun, under the spiritual guidance of… …
