Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources SVS Press Experience one couple's journey to

Experience one couple's journey to the Church of Alexandria against all odds

with the purpose of touching their hearts with the Good News of Christ

which were considered the basics of monastic living

and to climb Mount Tabor and behold the mystery of the transfigured Lord

A partial reconstruction of this now dismembered codex is provided

Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources SVS Press Experience one couple's journey to"Sugg. Donation" Beauty consuming itself like incense burnt before God in solitude, far from the eyes of men, became the most stirring image of penance conceivable. Stories on conversion from extreme sinfulness to extreme holiness have always attracted humankinds attention, and this was especially so among the monks of the ancient and medieval world. In the literature of fourth century Egypt, alongside the wise sayings of the desert fathers and the