Eastern Christian monasticism is the life followed by monks and nuns of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of the East and some Eastern Catholic Churches.
St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism
Coptic monastery in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
Festival at the Debre Mariam Monastery, founded by the monk Ewostatewos in the 14th century
Nun of the Church of the East
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A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to prayer, religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or conven
Eastern Christian monasticism
…Eastern Christian monasticism is the life followed by monks and nuns of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of the East and some Eastern Catholic Churches. Christian monasticism began in the Eastern…
Scholastica, sister of Benedict of Nursia and founder of the Benedictine nuns
Hildegard of Bingen and her fellow sisters
Maria Johanna Baptista von Zweyer, Abbess of the Cistercian abbey of Wald
Three Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the Portal of a Church, by Armand Gautier