Melania was known as “...having been held worthy to be seized upon by divine love,” and “…being hot as fire with divine zeal.
Abba Paphnutius the Confessor
Abba Basil the Great, Part 1
Amma Isidora the Simple
Abba Barsanuphius
Abba Rufus
Abba Poemen the Shepherd
Amma Sarah
Abba Or
Abba Sisoes the Great
Abba Macarius the Great
Amma Theodora
Abba Pachomios the Great
Paul the Simple
Abba Anthony the Great
Abba Anthony, the “Father of the Monks,” was born of wealthy parentage around 251 AD. Around the age of eighteen, his parents had both died, when he heard the words of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possession and give the money to the poor…then come, follow me.”