{"id":26984,"date":"2012-05-15T05:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T09:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/05\/saint-pachomius\/"},"modified":"2012-05-15T05:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T09:45:20","slug":"saint-pachomius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/05\/saint-pachomius\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Pachomius"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"St<\/a>The Church gives us Saint Pachomius<\/a> (+346), the Egyptian monk and abbot famous for being the “founder” of community-focussed monasticism (cenobitic) thus offering an new pattern of following Christ as a monk that up until Pachomius, one did alone. 200 years later Saint Benedict brought this version of monastic life in general acceptance in the west, drawing on what this sainted abbot first done. He’s known, too,  for his writings titled “Koinonia” (in Latin, Communio<\/i>).  <\/span>He wrote: <\/span><\/p>\n


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“Brothers, as long as you have breath
\nin your bodies, strive for your salvation. Before the hour comes in which we
\nshall weep for ourselves, let us practice virtue eagerly.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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The Church prays…<\/span><\/div>\n

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O God, Who didst raise
\nthe blessed abbot Pachomius to the heights of doctrine and of virtue, grant that
\nwe, by following his example, may seek before all else the bread of Thy Word: light
\nfor our minds, and stillness for our hearts.<\/i><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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