Antony and Pachomius: The Monasteries of the Egyptian Desert

350 CE · Mısır Çölü · religious

The combined traditions of Antony and Pachomius gave rise to dozens of monasteries in Upper Egypt; in historiography these "Egyptian monasteries" are regarded as the source of both the Western and the Eastern monastic traditions.

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What was Antony and Pachomius: The Monasteries of the Egyptian Desert?
The combined traditions of Antony and Pachomius gave rise to dozens of monasteries in Upper Egypt; in historiography these "Egyptian monasteries" are regarded as the source of both the Western and the Eastern monastic traditions.
When did Antony and Pachomius: The Monasteries of the Egyptian Desert happen?
350 CE
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