From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part Four
They mentioned about one of the brothers that he was a neighbor of a distinguished sheikh, so he used to enter his cell every day and steal whatever he found [...]
From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part Three
He also said: “If we loved God as we love our friends, we would be blessed, because I saw someone who grieved his friend, and he did not even find peace.”
From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part Two
It was said that one of the fathers was sitting in the distant prairie and was silent, and one day his student asked him, saying: “Why, father?”
From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part One
Let the brother who stays with you be like a son and a disciple, and if he makes a mistake and spoils something, admonish him and reveal to him his mistake so that he does not return.
Work, prayer and monastic life
One of the brothers visited Father Silvanus at Mount Sinai, and when he saw the brothers devoted to work, he said to the sheikh: “Do not work for stale food.”
Abba Ayoub, Abba Pimin, their brothers, and Abba Barsanuphius
It was said that they were seven brothers from the same family. All of them became Scetis monks. When the Berbers came and destroyed the Sqit in the first batch,