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Anthony the Great
Egyptian hermit (c. 251–356) who withdrew into the eastern desert and whose way of life, recorded by Athanasius, became the pattern for Christian monasticism.
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Documentary · St. Antony the Great Monastery · 1987The Desert Fathers: St Anthony's Monastery in 1987
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A film made at the monastery of St Anthony the Great in Egypt's eastern desert in 1987, introduced by Bishop Gregory.
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