Pachomius
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Pachomius reflected for a few minutes and then withdrew a little way from his companions.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
After some years, the two hermits went together to the desert of the Thebaid and began the work to which God had called Pachomius, for Palemon died soon after.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
"I am called Pachomius, and I want to be a monk," was the answer.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
This account of the monks of St. Pachomius will give some notion of the monkish life in general, although one order differed from another in various ways.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
"Perhaps so," replied Pachomius; "but all people are not alike."
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
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