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The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 1)

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The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St. Anthony the Great, who moved to the desert in 270 AD and became known as both the father and founder of desert monasticism. By the time Anthony died in AD 356, thousands of monks and nuns had been drawn to Anthony's example of living in the harsh conditions of the inner desert, praying the psalms, meditating on scripture, eating rarely, and working with their hands making baskets or mats. This work is a collection of stories from the lives of these early monks and nuns. - Summary by ancientchristian (5 hr 46 min)

Chapters

Introduction: The Epistle of Palladius and Counsels to Lausus

32:49

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Chapters 1-3: Abba Isidore, Dorotheos of Thebes & the Virgin Potamiaena

16:06

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Chapters 4-7: Didymus, Alexandra, Abba Macarius & the Monks of Nitria

18:21

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Chapters 8-12: Abba Ammon, Hor, Pambo, Ammonius & Benjamin

20:07

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Chapters 13-16: Apollonius the Merchant, Paesius and Isaiah, Macarius of his Cr…

17:12

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Chapters 17-18: Macarius the Egyptian & Macarius the Alexandrian

36:10

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Chapters 19-21: Paul the Simple, Pachomius & Stephen

21:20

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Chapters 22-29: Valens, Hero, Ptolemy, Abraham, a Virgin in Jerusualem, a Virgi…

22:25

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Chapters 30-33: Thais, Abba Elijah, Dorotheos & Pachomius

26:33

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Chapters 34-39: An Apology, Preface and Admonition, the Virgin who hid Athanasi…

19:10

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Chapters 40-41: Melania the Great & Melania the Younger

21:02

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Chapters 42-49: Olympias, Candida, Gelasia, Juliana, Heronion, Magna, Misericor…

28:54

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Chapters 50-52: Possidonius, Chronius, James the Lame & of Paphnutius Cephala

19:35

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Chapters 53-64: Solomon, Dorotheos, Diocles, Kapiton, the Monk who fell, Ephrai…

19:47

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Chapters 65-67: Sabas of Jericho, Serapion of the Girdle & Eulogius

26:38

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