Tag: desert monasticism

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  The Woman Who Became a Monk

  The Life of Venerable Mary (called Marinus) of Alexandria (6th century) The ship rocked gently in Alexandria’s harbor as a… Read more.

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  The Scholar Who Wrote Ten Thousand Letters

  The Life of Saint Isidore of Pelusium (ca. 360-436) The ship rocked against the Egyptian harbor, and the young man… Read more.