" Blessed be Egypt my people "  is 19: 25                              

 St. Antony

(The Great)

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St. Antony

born in the upper Egypt town of coma near Heracleopolis in the year 251 A.D, St. Antony the great, when orphaned at the age of 18, became a hermit and thus lived to 105 years old. he lived as an anchorite, as still exists in Egypt, and it is said that he was tormented his entire life by flatteries and temptations of the devil. he, along with At. Pachomius, were two of the first exponents of Christian monasticism, which originated in the Egyptian desert. he is buried beneath one of the ancient churches (St. Antony) of the monastery. a book written by Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, thousands across Europe to follow in the hermit's footsteps.