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St. Mary of Egypt

THE LIFE OF THE MONASTIC MARY OF EGYPT

Commemorated on the 5th Sunday of the Great Lent, April 21

      The Life of the Monastic Mary of Egypt: At a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea there lived a saintly monk, Zosima. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he asceticised at it until he reached age 53, when he was disturbed by the thought: "Is there to be found in...

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