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Ammonas of Egypt

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303:"The 'narrow and hard way' (Mt 7:14) is this: to control your thoughts, and to strip yourself of your own will, for the sake of God. This is also the meaning of the sentence, 'Lo, we have left everything and followed you.' (Mt 19:27)" 245:
The historical record contains conflicting facts about Ammonas' ordination. In the Episcopal Church Ammonas is regarded as a hermit for life, who not only resisted ordination but ultimately never was ordained.
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Ammonas moved into the Egyptian desert with his three brothers and two sisters so that they could draw nearer to God. At some point during his life, probably during this time, he spent 14 years in
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Studia Patristica. Vol. CXXIV - Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019: Volume 21: Hagiographica; Ascetica; Martyria
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at the time, heard of Ammonas and desired to ordain him. Initially, he did not want to become a bishop even purportedly mutilated his body so that he could escape ordination.
265:. There were other epistles written by a certain Ammonas, but which scholars are unable to attribute with certainty to Ammonas of Egypt, as Dr. Johannes Tromp of 381: 249:
Nevertheless, Ammonas was eventually ordained a Christian bishop, and at least two third or fourth-century epistles are attributed to him, translated in
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notes. The epistles of Ammonas of Egypt that are historically verified to be written by him provide important insight into
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The Prologue of Ohrid: Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies for Every Day of the Year
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Ammonas is said to have died at the beginning of the fifth century and, according to
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316:"Unless a man denies himself and his own will, and obeys his spiritual parents ( 274: 142: 175: 20: 617: 599: 456: 428: 532: 504: 330: 317: 130: 127: 389:. Translated by Lowther Clarke, W. K. New York: Macmillian. pp. 64–65. 157:. Many of his known sayings and quotations exist in eleven sections of the 563:. Translated by Chitty, Derwas J. SLG Press (published 26 February 2017). 514: 625: 583: 568: 478: 608: 473:. Vol. 1 of 7. Macmillan Press. January 1, 1991. pp. 1–316. 446: 408: 208: 355: 254: 216: 154: 220: 584:"Two References to a Levi Document in an Epistle of Ammonas" 410:
The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
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It mentions his 14-year struggle in 166:Ammonas is commemorated as "Ammon" on 44:c. late third or early fourth century 7: 554: 552: 550: 440: 438: 402: 400: 398: 396: 375: 373: 371: 380:of Helenopolis, Palladius (1918). 253:(regarded as the most reputable), 16:Christian monk and saint of Egypt. 14: 383:The Lausaic History of Palladius 705:People from Beheira Governorate 296:and from the Letters of Ammonas 203:. He was a trusted disciple of 1: 294:Sayings of the Desert Fathers 160:Sayings of the Desert Fathers 94:The Letters of Bishop Ammonas 149:. Ammonas was a disciple of 721: 18: 180:Saint Nikolaj Velimirović 120: 670:Egyptian Christian monks 600:10.1163/1568536974712330 582:Tromp, Johannes (1997). 407:Ward, Benedicta (2003). 141:who was born around the 19:Not to be confused with 690:Eastern Orthodox saints 675:Saints from Roman Egypt 471:The Coptic Encyclopedia 147:Eastern Orthodox Church 145:. 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Index

Saint Amun
Feast
10 January
Greek
eastern
Christian
anchorite
monastic
Desert Father
early 4th century
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anthony the Great
Pambo
Sayings of the Desert Fathers
10 January
synaxarium
Saint Nikolaj Velimirović
Scetis
Scetis
Anthony the Great
Outer Mountain
Pispir
Egypt
Nile river
this
Timothy
Bishop of Alexandria
Syriac
Latin
Greek

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