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Nitria could refer to: Nitra, a city in
western Slovakia Nitria (monastic site),
abandoned site of
early Christian monastic activity Nitrian Desert, region...
- Abba 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)...
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Nitria (also
called the
Mountain of
Nitria or
Petoou Mpihosm in Gr**** and
Latin sources) is one of the
earliest Christian monastic sites in
Egypt and is...
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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...
- was
begun by
Saint Amun as a semi-hermitic
lifestyle seen
primarily in
Nitria, Kellia, and
Scetis west of the Nile. The
latter were
small groups (two...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
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Serapion of
Nitria, (Gr****: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион)
Serapion of Thmuis, also
spelled Sarapion, or
Serapion the
Scholastic was...
- 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...
