Saint Memnon
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Saint Memnon was alive during the second century A.D. and hegumen for a time in an egyptian monastery

In the egyptian desert did practise religious asceticism
Asceticism
Asceticism describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals...

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Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr...



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Hegumen
Hegumen, hegumenos, igumen, or ihumen is the title for the head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches, similar to the one of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called hegumenia or ihumenia . The term means "the one who is in charge", "the leader" in...



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