The great father, Bishop Serapion
This saint from the people of Egypt was one of the famous fathers of virtue, and he was known as Al-Sabani, because in all his time he did not wear […]
John Cassian, the righteous saint
He is the one whom the Lord God willed as a mediator to plant Eastern monasticism in the West. He was born in Scythia, at the mouth of the Danube River
Chapter Five: The mission of tradition in the ancient church
The problem of the correct interpretation of the Bible remained acute until the fourth century during the Church’s conflict with the Arians, and it did not lessen in intensity than it was in the second century during the resistance of the Gnostics, the Sabalians, and the Montanists. All parties to the conflict resorted to the Bible, to the point that the heretics cited—and still do—its chapters and verses and resorted to its authority.
Anthony the Great
He is the father of all monks and the founder of the monastic order. He was born in the year 251 AD in the town of Qaman Al-Arous, Beni Suef. His father died while he was still alive