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Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine.He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' vita was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism. [1]
After failing to do so, and with the approbation of pope John XIII and king Lothair, he decided to replace them with a monastery of the Benedict order, as mentioned in Introductio monachorum ("the installation of the monks"), a treaty written around 1080–1095 by a Mont-Saint-Michel monk trying to defend the independence of the monastery ...
The first monks lived in the Olsen family farmhouse and oversaw the conversion of the property to a seminary campus. The monastery would be named Mount Michael because of its location at the highest elevation in Douglas County, Nebraska and because the land was given to the monks on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel.
St. Michael's Church (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Monastery of St. Michael .
Saint Michael Maleinos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Μαλεΐνος, c. 894 –12 July 961) was a Byzantine monk who commanded great respect among Christians of Asia Minor.He was the brother of general Constantine Maleinos and uncle of Nikephoros Phokas, who was greatly influenced by Michael and became Byzantine emperor several years after Michael's death.
The order was founded in 1683 [2] by Euthymios Saifi, bishop of Saida, with the aim of supporting pastoral and missionary activities by well-educated Melkite clergy, choosing for them the rule of Saint Basil. Saifi started to gather some monks in his episcopal residence, but it soon became too small for the community.
Monastery of St. Shenouda (Left) & Monastery of St. Karas (Right). Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hawawish, Akhmim) St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs -
Coptic monasticism was a movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church to create a holy, separate class of person from layman Christians.. It is said to be the original form of monasticism. as Anthony the Great became the first one to be called "monk" (Ancient Greek: μοναχός) and he was the first to establish a Christian monastery which is now known as the Monastery of Saint Anthony [1] at the ...