Ammonas of Egypt | |
|---|---|
| Amtnonas, Ammonius, Ammonios, Ammon of Nitria | |
| Born | c. late third or early fourth century Egypt |
| Died | c. early fifth century Egypt |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 10 January |
| Influences | Saint Anthony the Great |
| Major works | The Letters of Bishop Ammonas |
Ammonas of Egypt (also Amtnonas, Ammon, Ammonius, Greek: Αμμωνάς) was an eastern Christian anchorite, monastic, and Desert Father who was born around the early 4th century. He is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Ammonas was a disciple of Anthony the Great and Pambo.[1] Many of his known sayings and quotations exist in eleven sections of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.[2]
Ammonas is commemorated as "Ammon" on 10 January in The Prologue of Ohrid, a synaxarium written by Saint Nikolaj Velimirović. It mentions his 14-year struggle in Scetis against anger.[3]