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Feastday: May 9
292 - 348

St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge. After being baptized, he became a disciple of an anchorite, Palemon, and took the habit. The two of them led a life of extreme austerity and total dedication to God; they combined manual labor with unceasing prayer both day and night. Later, Pachomius felt called to build a monastery on the banks of the Nile at Tabennisi; so about 318 Palemon helped him build a cell there and even remained with him for a while. In a short time some one hundred monks joined him and Pachomius organized them on principles of community living. So prevalent did the desire to emulate the life of Pachomius and his monks become, that the holy man was obliged to establish ten other monasteries for men and two nunneries for women. Before his death in 346, there were seven thousand monks in his houses, and his Order lasted in the East until the 11th century. St. Pachomius was the first monk to organize hermits into groups and write down a Rule for them. Both St. Basil and St. Benedict drew from his Rule in setting forth their own more famous ones. Hence, though St. Anthony is usually regarded as the founder of Christian monasticism, it was really St. Pachomius who began monasticism as we know it today. Other saints whose feast day is May 9th are St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Beatus.

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Joseph Mathew
1 week ago
St. Pachomius, the founder of Christian monasticism, please pray for us.
Mona
1 year ago
Saint Pachomius, please pray for Jacob that he finds the right path and for his parents that they find the strength to guide him. Thank you.
Maureen
1 year ago
St. Pachomius please pray for my unborn baby Matthew who has a heart condition the bottom left side hasn't deveolped, please heal his little heart make the left side grow fully, strong and healthy. I have 2 scans this month the 24th & 31st May please show the the doctors a sign that his little heart is growing and that his heart is healing. Please save our baby, my 3 children and my husband are my life, keep my husband strong at this time and keep a watch over my beautiful children keep them safe always.

Thank you
(A Mother in need of a Miracle)
christie
1 year ago
St. Pachomius pray for us. Help us not to shy away from practising self-denial. Dear saint pray for my beloved parents that they may enjoy eternal gladness in the presence of the Blessed Trinity. Protect and guide all siblings to live in the way of peace and sacrifice. Amen.

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