Cenobitic monasticism
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Cenobitic monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. Often in the West the community belongs to a religious order, and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious
Coptic icon of Pachomius the Great, the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism
Pachomius the Great
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Pachomius, also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Vita Pachumii, his name is recorded as Pachumius. Coptic churches
Cenobitic monasticism
…of historians, the style of housing maintained by cenobitic monks was attributed to the man usually hailed the "father of cenobitic monasticism," Saint Pachomius, who was believed to have found the idea for such quarters during the time he spent in the Roman army, as the style was "reminiscent of army barracks…
Painting of Pachomius the Great in the Curtea Veche Church, Bucharest.