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Poemen the Great was a Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba in the Apophthegmata Patrum. Poemen was quoted most often for his gift as a spiritual guide, reflected in the
Mosaic of Saint Poimen from Hosios Loukas, 11th Century
Fresco of Saint Poimen, Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, 1547
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers is the name given to various textual collections consisting of stories and sayings attributed to the Desert Fathers of Egypt from approximately the 5th century AD.
Poemen
…Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was a Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers). Poemen was quoted most often for his gift as a spiritual guide, reflected in the name "Poemen" ("Shepherd"), rather…
Sogdian Christian copy of the text written in Syriac