Core tenet of Oriental Orthodoxy
Monasticism began in our deserts.
Antony walked into the Egyptian desert, and the Christian monastery followed him out.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert with Antony and Pachomius in the third and fourth centuries, and the Coptic church has never stopped: the monasteries of Wadi Natrun have operated continuously for roughly 1,600 years. Everything monastic in the Western tradition — Benedict, Cluny, the friars — descends from that Egyptian beginning, which is a fact Western Christians frequently do not know.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
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Rishabhanatha — the first.
Jainism · figure
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Antony of Egypt — the first one to leave.
Christianity · figure
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W
Wang Chongyang.
Taoism · figure
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The Nine Saints who came from the north.
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church · story
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G
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios.
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · figure
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Advance a degree, hand over what you have.
The Order of the Solar Temple · precept
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