Nitria could refer to: Nitra, a city in western Slovakia Nitria (monastic site), abandoned site of early Christian monastic activity Nitrian Desert, region...

Nitria (also called the Mountain of Nitria or Petoou Mpihosm in Greek and Latin sources) is one of the earliest Christian monastic sites in Egypt and is...

ascetic who lived in a cave. His cell was 40 stadia from the main church in Nitria and 12 stadia away from the main water supply. He is canonized as a saint...

Or of Nitria (also Hor or Horus) was an Egyptian Orthodox Christian ascetic who lived around the 4th century AD in Egypt in Dalga, Nitria (Lower Egypt)...

Benjamin of Nitria is a 5th-century ascetic hermit who was martyred in 424 AD under the order of the Persian King, Varanes V. He is considered to be one...

centers are Nitria and Kellia. Scetis, now called Wadi El Natrun, is best known today because its ancient monasteries remain in use, unlike Nitria and Kellia...

Serapion of Nitria, (Greek: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион) Serapion of Thmuis, also spelled Sarapion, or Serapion the Scholastic was...

Cronius of Nitria (c. 285 – c. 386) was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived in Nitria, Lower Egypt. He was one of the Desert Fathers. Cronius was born...

the Four Tall Brothers) were four brothers among the Egyptian monks of Nitria in the fifth century by the names of Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and...

Pambo of Nitria (died c. 390) was a Coptic Desert Father of the fourth century and disciple of Anthony the Great. His feast day is July 18 among the Oriental...

formed by Pachomius. The third was a semi-hermitic lifestyle seen mostly in Nitria, Kellia and Scetis, west of the Nile, begun by Saint Amun. The latter were...

for 18 years, when at her wish, they parted, and he retired to Scetis and Nitria, to the south of Lake Mareotis, where he lived 22 years, visiting his sister-wife...

was one of three centers of monastic activity in the region, along with Nitria and Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). It is called al-Muna in Arabic and was inhabited...

martyred by the Persian King Varanes V Saint Benjamin of Nitria, an Egyptian monk in Nitria Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves (14th century), a Russian...

Elder. He then went to Egypt and spent the remaining years of his life in Nitria and Kellia, marked by years of asceticism and writing. He was a disciple...

alkaline Nitrian Desert (later the location of the noted monasteries of Nitria, Kellia, and Scetis) on the edge of the Western Desert about 95 km (59 mi)...

the Elder, a Roman historian, wrote about pirates between Muziris and Nitrias (Netravati River), called Nitran by Ptolemy. He also mentions Barace (Barcelore)...

Natrun (Scetis), far from cultivable land. In the 330s, Saint Amun founded Nitria, only 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Alexandria, using the rules of Saint...

Soon the Egyptian desert blossomed with monasteries, especially around Nitria (Wadi El Natrun), which was called the "Holy City". Estimates are that upwards...

Scetis Nitria Inner Mountain Outer Mountain Kellia Mareotic Lake Lycopolis Antinoe Tabennesi Pelusium Gaza Panopolis Christian monasticism first appeared...

Father and Venerable Wonderworker Born Roman Egypt Residence Scetes or Nitria Died Roman Egypt Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church...

founding of a settlement of cells in the Nitrean desert at a site known as Nitria, named for the nearby town of the same name (near Alexandria in Egypt)....

identify. Anthony the Great Arsenius Agathon Ammonas Achilles Ammoes Amoun of Nitria Anoub Abraham of Scetes Ares Alonius Apphy Apollo the Shepherd Andrew Aio...

Anchorite Anthony the Great Christian monasticism Desert Fathers Or of Nitria Pambo of Helenopolis, Palladius (1918). The Lausaic History of Palladius...

ascetics, forming the first cenobitic communities called "sketes", such as Nitria and Kellia. Within a short time, more and more people arrived to adopt the...

in harmony with his prayer, he labors in vain.” Paromeos Monastery Or of Nitria Scetis Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Coptic Catholic Church Monastery...

soon loose-knit communities began to form in such places as the Desert of Nitria and the Desert of Skete. Saint Macarius established individual groups of...

the reception reserved by John for some of the 400 Origenistic monks of Nitria, dispelled by the Egyptian deserts by the bishop of Alexandria Theophilus...

arrived in Alexandria. Around 390 he passed on to Nitria in Egypt, visiting the famous monk Or of Nitria. A year later, he travelled southwest to Kellia...

pagans, Jews and Christians, and in Alexandria, monks from the monastery of Nitria.: 18, 22  The early Christians adapted many elements of paganism.: 27  Ancient...