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St. Arsenius

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Princes Honorius and Arcadius

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St. Arsenius tutored them. 

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The Pillar


This is where he prayed and lived a life of devotion. It remains in the Baramos monastery in Egypt.

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Story

  • Served as a tutor to emperors and princes.

  • He fled to the Egyptian desert, and became a monk under the guidance of Abba Macarius the Great.

  • Known for his teachings on stillness and for practicing silence to focus on God.

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