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	Anthony the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356), also known as Saint Anthony of Egypt, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Saint Anthony the Anchorite, and The Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint and the outstanding leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_the_Great (2008 words)

	Anthony of Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Anthony of Padua (August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231), also venerated (particularly in Portugal) as Saint Anthony of Lisbon (Santo António de Lisboa), is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal as Fernando de Bulhões (pron.
		He took the new name of Anthony when he joined the Order of Friars Minor in honor of Saint Anthony the Great (251-356), to whom the Franciscan hermitage where he was living was dedicated.
		Saint Anthony is the patron saint of Padua, where his relics remain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_of_Padua (1436 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Anthony
		Saint Anthony is known as the patron saint of Grave-Diggers.
		When Saint Anthony was very old, and he knew he was going to die, he visited his disciples one last time and asked them to bury him in a quiet and private place.
		Anthony was born in the village Koman, south of Memphis in upper Eygpt, in the year 251.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980101/SAINTS/STANTHNY.HTM (1301 words)

	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.
	ocafs.oca.org /FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100216 (1852 words)

	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.
		Anthony briefly left his seclusion in 311, going to Alexandria to fight Arianism, and to comfort the victims of Maximinus' persecution.
		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....
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta06.htm (798 words)

	Monasticism in the Orthodox Church
		Anthony is considered the Father of Orthodox monasticism, for his kind of monasticism, that of "living alone with God as his only companion" remained the most cherished monastic ideal for the monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church throughout the ages.
		Anthony's lavra was a village of anchorites who lived by themselves in their own huts and had a life in common, practiced common daily prayer evening and morning, worked in common, had common revenues and expenditures, and common meals, and wore the same identical monastic garb.
		Saint Gregory established that the experience of the Holy Hesychasts was an authentic one, for it is similar to that of the disciples on Mount Tabor.
	www.goarch.org /print/en/ourfaith/article7103.asp (3112 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony
		Anthony was born at Coma, near Heracleopolis Magna in Fayum, about the middle of the third century.
		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).
		II) says he had heard Anthony maintaining that of all virtues discretion was the most essential for attaining perfection; and the little known story of Eulogius and the Cripple, preserved in the Lausiac History (xxi), illustrates the kind of advice and direction he gave to those who sought his guidance.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01553d.htm (1723 words)

	Anthony The Great father of the Monks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.
	www.opuslibani.org.lb /egliseeng/002/anthony.htm (666 words)

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		N E T Saint Anthony Father of the Monks Saint Anthony was the first Christian to live a life of consecrated solitude.
		Saint Anthony is generally considered to be the father of the monastic family.
		Saint Anthony became their spiritual leader, teaching them constantly by word and by example the ascetic life.
	www.coptic.net /synexarion/Anthony.txt (1088 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua
		Anthony began to speak in a very reserved manner; but soon holy animation seized him, and he spoke with such eloquence, learning, and unction that everybody was fairly amazed.
		Once a man, at whose home Anthony was spending the night, came upon the saint and found him holding in his arms a child of unspeakable beauty surrounded with heavenly light.
		O God, may the votive commemoration of St. Anthony, your confessor and doctor, be a joy to your Church, that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance and deserve to enjoy eternal happiness.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /anthony.htm (1454 words)

	St. Anthony the Great
		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.
		Saint Anthony died in 356 AD at the age of 105.
	home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/anthony.htm (524 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Anthony of Padua
		Saint Anthony, is who known for his help in finding lost objects and praying so well for miracles, spent his whole life learning how to be closer to God, and to love God.
		Saint Anthony of Padua is called so because of his long residence in that city and the affection its people held for him.
		Saint Anthony was born in Portugal in 1195 to young wealthy parents, and christened Ferdinand.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980501/SAINTS/ST_ANTH.HTM (1803 words)

	:: :: Watani :: ::
		Saint Anthony the Great (250-356) was connected with the first Egyptian hermits; Saint Pachom (292-346), with the first communities of Cenobites (Greek Koinos bios, "common life) in Egypt.
		Saint Pachom was born in Upper Thebes about the year 292 AD of idolatrous parents and was educated in their blind superstition, and in the study of the Egyptian sciences.
		Saint Pachom returned to a town in Thebes, in which there was a Christian church, and there he entered his name among the catechumens, those preparing for baptism.
	www.wataninet.com /article_en.asp?ArticleID=7393 (2775 words)

	Macarius the Great - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.
		The pious saint did not protest; he quietly accepted the responsibility she had unjustly laid on him, and was attacked and beaten by the villagers and the girl's family, who demanded that he support her.
		Macarius the Great -- Homily 52, the Feast of the Nativity
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Macarius_the_Great (2033 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 17
		Saint Macarius the Younger to a cliffside cave on Mount Kolzim near the northwest corner of the Red Sea, where he remained for the rest of his long life cultivating enough land to support himself, weaving reed mats, and visiting the monks of the desert community.
		Saint Jerome, in his account of Paul the Hermit, describes the meeting of the two during which a raven dropped a loaf of bread for the hermits to share.
		Saint Jerome and Rufinus relate that Antony met Didymus, the blind head of the catechetical school at Alexandria.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0117.htm (4078 words)

	Anthony the Great - OrthodoxWiki
		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.
		Saint Anthony the Great from the website of the Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Washington, DC
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Anthony_the_Great (330 words)

	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.
	www.stathanasius.miss.on.coptorthodox.ca /Saints_Stories/St_Anthony.htm (1078 words)

	Saint Anthony
		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.
	www.antiochian.org /saint_anthony (558 words)

	Saint Anthony
		St Anthony's talents were ignored, and in the mean time he was obtaining the most treasured of graces-humility.
		St. Anthony became known as the hammer of heretics because of the effect his sermons.
		One of the saint's own manuscripts was stolen and the thief intended to claim the work for his own.
	www.prayrosary.com /saints/anthony.php3 (796 words)

	SAINT PETER OF KORISHA
		Saint Peter's heroic struggles recall the spiritual labors of Saint Anthony the Great and the monks of the Egyptian desert.
		Saint Peter of Korisha was born in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century in the village of Unyemir (present day Uymir) near the Serbian city of Pech.
		Inspired by the reading of the lives of the saints and the great Fathers of the Church, Peter wanted to undertake even greater struggles of prayer, solitude and silence, but felt held back because of his sister.
	www.roca.org /OA/136/136e.htm (2626 words)

	Chuch Windows . TOUR . Saint Anthony
		Saint Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman instead he chose to become a poor Franciscan priest entering a life of a quiet prayer and penance.
		Saint Anthony also is commonly referred to today as the "finder of lost articles”.
		Another tradition associated with Saint Anthony is “the giving bread” to the people and this tradition we still today observe at Thanksgiving Mass.
	pirate.shu.edu /~bigeloma/churchwindows/stanthony.htm (157 words)

	Orthodox Icon of St. Anthony the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anthony was the forerunner and shaper of the monastic movement.
		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.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /phn48.htm (273 words)

	July 6- Anba Sisois the great
		Saint Sisois called him: “Come take your child”, and asked the child: “stand up and go with your father”, and he did at once, following his father, who prostrated himself before the saint, thanking him for his great favor, praising the mighty Lord.
		At this the saint started praying over the monk’s the Our Father prayer, with the modification: “do not forgive us our sins, just as we do not forgive those who sin against us”; which brought that monks to shame and helped him realize his sin, and forgive his brother, thanking saint Sisois for his guidance.
		Saint Sisois told him to give it to Jesus Christ in person, in the poor and needy, and so he will gain peace.
	www.maronite-heritage.com /html/july_6.html (449 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony of Padua
		Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan.
		When the remains of Saint Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize.
		Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VI Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VII
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta01.htm (621 words)

	Saint Anthony the Great Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saint Anthony is considered the founder of Christian monasticism.
		Without hesitation Saint Anthony literally obeyed the words he had heard and disposed of all his possessions.
		Saint Anthony's biography was written by Saint Athanasius, the great archbishop of Alexandria, who knew him personally and relied on him for support and advice.
	www.orthodoxsanantonio.com /popups/life.html (346 words)

	Saint Anthony the Great
		Among these men (and women!) the life and witness of St. Anthony the Great is unique.
		Anthony, called “the father of monasticism”, was born in central Egypt about 251 AD, the son of peasant farmers who were Christian.
		Abba Anthony said: “This is the work of a great man: always to take responsibility for his own sins before God and to expect temptations until his last breath.”
	www.stpaulsirvine.org /html/saintanthony.htm (494 words)

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