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	Anthony the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Anthony is appealed to against infectious diseases, in particular herpes zoster, hence shingles are known as Saint Anthony's fire in Italy and Malta.
		Anthony was born near Heraclea in Upper Egypt in 251 to wealthy parents.
		Saint Anthony prophesied about the persecution that was about to happen to the church and the control of the heretics over it, the church victory and its return to its formal glory, and the end of the age.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony
		Anthony was born at Coma, near Heracleopolis Magna in Fayum, about the middle of the third century.
		This great position was no doubt due to his commanding personality and high character, qualities that stand out clearly in all the records of him that have come down.
		Anthony at least had nothing of this, being full of confidence, divine peace, cheerfulness, and valorousness, be he (as some men may judge) ever so much an enthusiast" (op.cit., Anthony in Conflict).
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	St. Anthony the Great of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony the Great, when orphaned at the age of 18, became a hermit and thus lived to 105 years old.
		Anthony's Monastery (Deir Mar Antonios), and its neighbor St. Paul's, are the oldest monasteries in Egypt.
		Anthony always told those who came to visit him that the key to the ascetic life was perseverance, not to think proudly, "We've lived an ascetic life for a long time" but treat each day as if it were the beginning.
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	OCA - Feasts and Saints: Life of Saint
		Saint Anthony the Great is known as the Father of monasticism, and the long ascetical sermon in The Life of St Anthony by St Athanasius (Sections 16-34), could be called the first monastic Rule.
		Soon St Anthony's cell was surrounded by several monasteries, and the saint acted as a father and guide to their inhabitants, giving spiritual instruction to all who came into the desert seeking salvation.
		In the year 544 the relics of St Anthony the Great were transferred to Alexandria, and after the conquest of Egypt by the Saracens in the seventh century, they were transferred to Constantinople.
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	Anthony The Great father of the Monks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony was born approximately 251 in Coma, today known as "Kuma Al Arouss." His father and mother died when he was eighteen years old, and he was left with a sister whom he loved very much.
		Anthony was well known for his miracles during his life; Anthansius and Heronimous speak of Anthony curing the sick and restoring sight to the blind.
		When Anthony knew that the end of his life was coming, he called the two disciples that were close to him, Macarius and Amathas and asked them to bury his body in secret.
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	Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony the Abbot
		Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, he insured that his sister completed her education, then sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned, gave the proceeds to the poor, joined the anchorites who lived nearby, and moved into an empty sepulchre.
		As Anthony's intervention aided in the same conditions, he was shown in art accompanied by a pig.
		Saint Anthony told his monks: When, therefore, they demons come by night to you and wish to tell the future, or say 'We are the angels,' give no heed, for they lie....
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	Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Anthony_the_great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony the Great, "Early Fathers From the Philokalia," by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer, (London: Faber and Faber, 1954), pp.
		And, although Anthony was unlettered he was, as a counselor and teacher, one of the most learned men of his age, as also was St. Athanasius the Great.
		He wrote this from his exceeding great love for them, knowing that if they attain it they will find hardship in nothing, no fear will touch them; but the joy of the Lord will comfort them day and night and their labors will be sweet for them at all times.
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	Anthony, St. Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Anthony (also called St. Anthony of Egypt and St. Anthony Abbot) was born and raised in a Christian family at Como in Upper Egypt.
		Anthony prevailed against demons in the shapes of wild beasts, evil thoughts, and human persons; his biographer attributes these victories to his constant faith and the use of the sign of the cross and the name of Jesus.
		Anthony's reputation grew during the years he spent at the fort, and many hermits came to him for instruction in the discipline of the ascetic life.
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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Anthony the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony the Great (251 - 356), also known as Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, and Anthony the Anchorite[?], was a leader among the Desert Fathers[?], who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the third and fourth centuries A.D. He was born near Heraclea in Upper Egypt.
		Some of those stories concern the Temptation of St Anthony[?], or rather, the temptations; tales are told of demons who appeared to Anthony in the wilds on more than one occasion and attempted to lure him from his ascetic practices.
		Many pictorial artists, from Hieronymus Bosch to Salvador Dali, have depicted these incidents from the life of Anthony; in prose, the tale was retold and embellished by Gustave Flaubert.
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	St. Anthony the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Saint Anthony was born in the year 251 AD in Egypt of very pious parents.
		Anthony followed his example by praying, meditating and fasting in order to overcome the many temptations which are common to young men.
		It is for this reason that Saint Anthony is generally known as the Father of Monasticism.
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	Saint Anthony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Since his sister was a minor, he made sure she was cared for and then gave away all his portion of the inheritance to the poor and went into the desert to live the life of asceticism as a monk.
		Anthony was committed to refining the rules of monasticism and to establishing a number of monasteries throughout Egypt and the surrounding region.
		Anthony was just feeding the hungry giving to the poor but in gods eyes St. Anthony was feeding god clothing god and helping god when he needed help and that’s what I think made him the honorable and holy Saint that he is today.
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	Macarius the Great - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		St. Abba Marcarius the Great (295-392 A.D.; also known as Macarius the Egyptian) was among the most influential Desert Fathers of Egypt, and a disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
		Macarius the Great was obedient to his parents, and the grace of God was upon him since his young age.
		Macarius the Great -- Homily 52, the Feast of the Nativity
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	History of Saint Anthony the Great Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Saint Anthony the Great Orthodox Church began in 1982 as an Orthodox outreach to the northern part of the greater Houston, Texas area.
		The vision of Father Anthony Sabbagh of Saint George Parish, Houston and several parishioners, meetings were held in a subdivision clubhouse and in homes for a year.
		The vision of Saint Anthony remains the same: to be a community rooted in the worship and service of Almighty God, and to be a visible and faithful witness to the Orthodox Faith in our city.
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	Discerner of Spirits — St. Anthony the Great of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thus confirmed in his desire to do likewise, Anthony sold his estate and distributed the money to the poor, persuading his younger sister to be likeminded, he gave her into the care of some virgins.
		Anthony experienced a barrage of unsettling thoughts--flattery, the allurement of the world and all the pleasures his former wealth could buy, concern for his sister's welfare, the difficulties of the path he had chosen.
		That night, as Anthony was still lying on the ground recovering, a hoard of demons shook the walls of the sepulchre and rushed in to terrorize the Saint.
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	Anthony the Great - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Our venerable and God-bearing Father Saint Anthony the Great was born in to a wealthy family in upper Egypt about 254 AD.
		Also known as Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, and Anthony the Anchorite, he was a leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.
		The monastic rules of Saint Anthony, the "patriarch" of monastic life, have served as the basis for countless monasteries.
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	The Departure of St. Anthony The Great
		Anthony prophesied about the persecution that was about to happen to the church and the control of the heretics over it, the church victory and its return to its formal glory, and the end of the age.
		Anthony buried St. Paul the hermit after he had clothed him in a tunic which was a present from St. Athanasius the Apostolic, 20th Pope of Alexandria.
		When St. Anthony felt that the day of his departure had approached, he commanded his disciple to hide his body and to give his staff to St. Macarius, and to give one sheepskin cloak to St. Athanasius and the other sheepskin cloak to Anba Serapion, his disciple.
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	Orthodox Icon of St. Anthony the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was unable to read, yet confounded the philosophers with his great wisdom.
		With the toleration of Christianity and the threat of martyrdom greatly reduced, many men and women sought the martyrdom of asceticism in their pursuit of holiness.
		Anthony was there to give order and lead the way.
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	The Life of St. Anthony the Great : Tomísimo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony the Great is considered to be the "father of all monks" and the early monastic movement he represented in Egypt spread to all corners of the Christian world in late antiquity.
		Anthony explains how mystical powers are not necessarily a sign of godliness and have no bearing on whether or not an individual is living a holy life.
		Anthony considered himself merely a "vessel of the Holy Sprit." However, notes Anthony is his discourses addressed to faithful, the powers of demons is ultimately illusory and are the fallen angels are totally helpless before the name of the Savior and the sign of the Cross.
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	Prolog: January 17
		Anthony was an Egyptian and was born about the year 250 A.D. in the village of Koman near Herculea.
		Anthony distributed his half of the estate to the poor and, he, in his twentieth year, dedicated himself to the ascetical life for which he yearned from his childhood.
		Anthony died in the one-hundred fifth year of his life, leaving behind an entire army of his disciples and imitators.
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	St. Anthony the Great - St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral - Wichita, Kansas
		Saint Anthony, the Father of monks, was born in Egypt in 251 of pious parents who departed this life while he was yet young.
		For if he were present in a great company of monks, and any one who did not know him previously wished to see him, immediately coming forward he passed by the rest, and hurried to Anthony, as though attracted by his appearance.
		Yet neither in height nor breadth was he conspicuous above others, but in the serenity of his manner and the purity of his soul.” So passing his life, and becoming an example of virtue and a rule for monastics, he reposed on January 17 in the year 356, having lived altogether some 105 years.
	www.stgeorgecathedral.net /saints_anthony.html (451 words)

	St. Basil the Great
		Great is their blessedness, which proceeds from their direct contemplation of the glory of God.
		No one decreed that Anthony the Great, Macarius the Great, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, Nicholas the Wonderworker and many others like them, be venerated as saints, but East and West alike revere them, and only those who do not believe in sanctity can deny their sanctity.
		Great are the achievements of faith!/ In the fountain of flame as in refreshing water,/ the holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced./ He was made a whole burnt offering in the fire/ and was offered as bread to the Trinity./ By his prayers, O Christ our God, save our souls.
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	The Great Cholesterol Con by Anthony Colpo (Book) in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But even these men of great infamy were not given the immediate critical acclaim and accolades from their peers that such displays of cerebral excellence deserved in their own time.
		Anthony Colpo’s "The Great Cholesterol Con" is the most comprehensive, thoroughly researched and impressive book on heart disease that I have encountered.
		The Great Cholesterol Con is the most informative, well thought out, heavily researched and accurately stated book that I have had the pleasure of reading in a very long time.
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	St. Anthony the Great - St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony was born about 250 A.D. to noble parents in Egypt.
		St. Anthony was one of the most learned men of his time; his eloquent defense of the Orthodox belief in Christ, against charges of heresy, earned him the title of St. Anthony the Great.
		St. Anthony died at the age of 105 in 356 A.D. and is honored each January 17
	www.stmaryofegypt.net /saints_anthony.shtml (239 words)

	Alexander - Colin Farrell as Alexander The Great, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins - Oliver Stone's Alexander - Colin ...
		Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military intellects in history, conquered much of was what was then the civilised world.
		Alexander the Great was born in 356BC in Pella the ancient capital of Macedonia.
		Alexander the Great had the inspiration to believe that the Alexandria Library would be the centre of the most prominent civilisations of the time, the Egyptian, the Greek and the Middle Eastern civilisations.
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	Instructions of Blessed Anthony the Great
		Anthony the Great was born in Egypt in the year 250 (circa) of noble and wealthy parents, who brought him up in the Christian faith.
		Finally, Saint Anthony moved away completely from inhabited areas, crossed the river Nile and settled in the ruins of a fortification.
		It must be noted that during the life of Anthony the Great, there was another type of monastic life.
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	Saint Anthony Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Saint Anthony the Great Orthodox Church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America.
		Saint Anthony's was organized in 1979 under the leadership of Father Gregory Roth, the chaplain at Lackland Air Force Base.
		In 1999 Saint Anthony's celebrated its twentieth anniversary and was granted the status of a full parish by His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas.
	www.orthodoxsanantonio.com /parish.html (587 words)

	Anthony the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony the Great (251 - 356), Christian saint, also known asAnthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, andAnthony the Anchorite, was a leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptiandesert in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. His feast day is celebrated on January 17th in both the eastern and westernchurches.
		His biography was written by Athanasius ofAlexandria and titled Life of St. Anthony the Great.
		Many pictorial artists, from Hieronymus Bosch to Salvador Dalí, have depicted these incidents from the life of Anthony; in prose, the tale was retold andembellished by Gustave Flaubert.
	www.therfcc.org /anthony-the-great-100179.html (271 words)

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