- Look up
anchorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Christianity, an
anchorite or anc****t (female: anc****ss; from
Ancient Gr**** ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō) 'I...
- An
anchorite (feminine form anc****ss) is a
Christian person who
lives in
strict physical separation from
secular society.
Anchorite or Anc****ss may...
- An
immured anchorite,
considered by many to be a myth, is a
Tibetan monk who has
taken a vow to
spend his life
permanently sealed inside a
small walled...
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throughout the centuries. Yet the
anchoritic life,
while similar to the
eremitic life, can also be
distinct from it.
Anchorites lived the
religious life in...
- The
Anchorite (Spanish: El anacoreta) is a 1976
Spanish drama film
directed by Juan Estelrich. It was
entered into the 27th
Berlin International Film...
- The
Monastery of
Saint Paul the
Anchorite in
Egypt is a
Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the
Eastern Desert, near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about...
- The Book of the
Anchorite of
Llanddewibrefi (also
Jesus ms. 119) (Welsh:
Llyfr Ancr
Llanddewibrefi or
Llyfr yr Ancr) is a fourteenth-century
Welsh m****cript...
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Anthony of Egypt,
Anthony the Abbot,
Anthony of the Desert,
Anthony the
Anchorite,
Anthony the Hermit, and
Anthony of Thebes. For his
importance among the...
- c. 227 – c. 341),
commonly known as Paul the
First Hermit or Paul the
Anchorite, was an
Egyptian saint regarded as the
first Christian hermit and grazer...
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Saint Cyrus the
Anchorite, also
known as Anba
Karas (Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: أنبا كاراس), was a
saint of the
Coptic Orthodox Church who
lived during...
