| To eliminate this risk a fourth-century Egyptian monk, St. Pachomius, took the idea of \u200b\u200ba new form of monasticism: the cenobitism, or common life, where discipline and authority replaced the anarchy of a hermit. Educated his monks to live together, forming, not far from the banks of the Nile, the first "koinonia," a Christian community, in imitation of the one founded by the apostles in Jerusalem, based on communion in prayer , at work and in the food and specified in mutual service. The basic document regulating this life was the Holy Scripture the monk memorized and recited quietly for manual labor. This was also the main form of prayer: a contact with God through the sacrament of the Word.  Pachomius was born in Upper Egypt the year 287, of pagan parents. Forcibly conscripted into the Imperial army at the age of 20 years, ended in jail in Thebes with all recruits. Cover of darkness, at night Christians took them some food. The gesture touched strangers Pachomius, who asked who would motivate them to bring it. "The God of heaven" was the response of Christians. That night Pachomius prayed to the Christian God to release him chains, promising instead to devote his life to his service. As soon regained his freedom by joining the vote fulfilled a Christian community of a southern village, the present Kasr-es-Sayad, where instruction was necessary to be baptized. for some time led an ascetic life devoted service to local people, then went for seven years under the guidance of an old monk, Palamon. During an interlude of solitude in the desert a mysterious voice asked him to take up residence in that place, which would come after numerous disciples. On the death of Pachomius, the monasteries were nine more one female. The holy | |
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