The Life of Saint Anthony 11359 Using six fundamental aspects of

Using six fundamental aspects of desert monastic life as windows—The Cell

not only inspiring monastic and spiritual life through the ages

he used to sit with the monks and teach them the monastic life as he lived it

if we do not weary

The Life of Saint Anthony 11359 Using six fundamental aspects ofSaint Anthony the Great, the Father of Monasticism, never opened a monastery himself, but St Athanasius says of him, For monks, the life of Anthony is a sufficient example of asceticism. Born in Egypt, and author of some of the earliest examples of monastic literature, St Anthony has been influential across the world, from the East to the West. To this day his life stands as a testimony to the ascetical life, which was both then and now, spoken of