Dorotheus of Gaza
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Dorotheus of Gaza, Dorotheus the Archimandrite or Abba Dorotheus, was a Christian monk and abbot. He lived as a monk at the monastery of Seridus near Gaza and wrote instructions on the ascetic life th
Icon of St. Dorotheus of Gaza, from Mount Saint Dionysius, Mount Athos, 1547
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Anchorite
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In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life. Anc
An anchorite's cell in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton
Christine Carpenter was walled in to a cell in St James's Church in Shere, Surrey.
The Anchorite (1881), by Teodor Axentowicz
Anthony the Great, father of Christian Monasticism and early anchorite. The Coptic inscription reads 'Ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ' or 'The Great Father Anthony'.