St. Ammon the Hermit of Nitria Sizes in inches, mounted on wood in:6 X 8

St. Ammon the Hermit of Nitria Sizes in inches, mounted on wood in:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint Ammon, Ammoun the Hermit of the Nitria desert. Commemorated: December 7th Saint Ammon was a great ascetic of the fifth century. He was the abbot of the Tabennesiote Monastery in Upper Egypt. He was one of the most venerated ascetics of the Nitrian Desert, and Saint Athanasius mentions him in his life of Saint Anthony. Saint Ammon, the founder of the celebrated settlement of coenobites and hermits on and near Mons Nitria, he is

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It is believed that she died around the year 365

Messengers were sent to him with an urgent request for help

and St John began to instruct him

the ruler of Adrianoupolis because they would not fall down and venerate the idols but would only pay tribute to the true God

Then he was appointed to the teaching post by the government

In her ascetic deeds she was guided by the counsels of the Palestinian ascetic

bound by chains and lying on a bed of sharp potsherds

the Theotokos bound the grapevine cross with strands of her own hair

I came that they may have life

Nicholas was chosen as Bishop of Myra after one of the bishops of the Council said that a new archbishop should be revealed by God

and so all the slanders about him were believed