FEMININE SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY. THE THREE NUNS FROM APOPHTHEGMATA PATRUM: AMMA SARRHA, AMMA THEODORA AND AMMA SYNKLETIKA
FEMININE SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY. THE THREE NUNS FROM APOPHTHEGMATA PATRUM: AMMA SARRHA, AMMA THEODORA AND AMMA SYNKLETIKA

Summary/Abstract: In the collection of ascetic sayings of St. Fathers from the Egyptian desert Apophthegmata patrum are surprisingly remembered and three saint women: Amma Sarrha, Amma Theodora and Amma Synkletika. The three ascetic women do not differ in their harsh way of life from their male counterparts. And they, like the Holy Fathers of Sketis, Nitria and Kellia, strive with dignity, speaking with great wisdom words of instruction especially for the female audience, but also for the male ascetics who end up visiting these holy women themselves, attracted by the fame they had earned. However, unlike the ascetic men of the Egyptian desert, who wander into the interior of the desert, the three saints of Apophthegmata patrum are living in the vicinity of the inhabited area around the Nile river.

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