Look up anchorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρέω, romanized: anakhōréō...

An immured anchorite, considered by many to be a myth, is a Tibetan monk who has taken a vow to spend his life permanently sealed inside a small walled...

An anchorite (feminine form anchoress) is a Christian person who lives in strict physical separation from secular society. Anchorite or Anchoress may...

The Anchorite (Spanish: El anacoreta) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Estelrich. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film...

The Anchorite Hills are a mountain range in Mineral County, Nevada. "Anchorite Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey...

throughout the centuries. Yet the anchoritic life, while similar to the eremitic life, can also be distinct from it. Anchorites lived the religious life in...

The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewibrefi (also Jesus ms. 119) (Welsh: Llyfr Ancr Llanddewibrefi or Llyfr yr Ancr) is a fourteenth-century Welsh manuscript...

The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite in Egypt is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the Eastern Desert, near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about...

c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer...

Saint Cyrus the Anchorite, also known as Anba Karas (Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: أنبا كاراس), was a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church who lived during...

Calogeros the Anchorite (‹See Tfd›Greek: Καλόγερος ὁ Αναχωρητής, translit. Kalogeros ho Anakhorētēs, Kalogeros o Anakhoritis, Latin: Calogerus or Calocerus...

Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as Cyriacus the Hermit) (Greek: Ὅσιος Κυριακός ὁ Ἀναχωρητής, Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs) was born in Corinth in...

Lazarus has been the primary subject of two documentary films, The Last Anchorite, which took Best Documentary Transmitter Award winner at the Crystal Palace...

Saint Amatus (c. 560 – c. 625 or 627/630 AD), also called Amatus of Grenoble, Saint Ame, or Aimee, was a Frankish Colombanian monk and hermit. Together...

Joseph of Panephysis, Joseph of Panepho, or Joseph the Anchorite was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th and 5th centuries in the desert...

Saint Misael the Anchorite was a Christian monk who is venerated by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Much of St. Misael's story is recorded by Anba Isaac,...

Monasticism in Mesopotamia Babnuda, the anchorite, martyr Bagoosh and his mother, martyrs Balamon, the anchorite Barbara and Juliana, martyrs Barsanuphius...

John of Egypt, (c. 305 – 394), also known as John the Hermit, John the Anchorite, or John of Lycopolis, was one of the hermits and grazers of the Nitrian...

HMS Anchorite (P422/S22), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 22 January 1946. Anchorite had a displacement...

Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the...

Martha Reeves (born 1941) is a vowed Anglican solitary (or anchorite), with Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, as bishop-protector....

became hermits to practice Taoism, or in later centuries, Chan Buddhism. Anchorite Introversion Recluse literature Analects 8:13 《論語 · 泰伯》：天下有道則見，無道則隱。Show...

Local Wildlife Site. The name Anchor Church is derived from the term anchorite (from the Greek ἀναχωρέω anachōreō, "to withdraw" or "to depart into the...

the Great Tekle Haymanot Theodorus of Tabennese Theodora of Alexandria Anchorites Karas Mary Misael Onuphrius Paphnutius Paul Pijimi Shenouda Thomas Zosimas...

hospitality should override ascetical routine. Even the most contemplative of anchorites should entertain visitors. Both asceticism and ministry are aspects of...

albeit the two are distinct. Another name for the Kaniet(-Sae) Islands is "Anchorite Islands". The first sighting by Europeans of Kaniet islands was by the...

could follow the liturgies and receive Communion. Here he lived as an anchorite for 45 years until he died in 1186, at the age of eighty-one. "At Sebourg...

Beyond the gate, the protagonist finds the technologically advanced Anchorites, who wear virtual reality headsets at all times, shutting themselves away...

the Great Tekle Haymanot Theodorus of Tabennese Theodora of Alexandria Anchorites Karas Mary Misael Onuphrius Paphnutius Paul Pijimi Shenouda Thomas Zosimas...

Catherine Newgate, all now lost apart from St Julian's. The churches with anchorite cells enhanced the reputation of the priory, as they attracted endowments...