Lazarus El Anthony | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Anchorite |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church (until 1994) Coptic Orthodox Church |
Father Lazarus El Anthony (Arabic: لعازر الانطوني; Coptic: ⲗⲁⲍⲁⲣ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ; Syriac: ܠܥܙܪ ܐܢܛܘܢܝܣ) is an Australian-Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian contemplative monk and hermit. He has appeared in various documentaries, most notably the BBC series Extreme Pilgrim.
Fr. Lazarus has been the primary subject of two documentary films, The Last Anchorite, which took Best Documentary Transmitter Award winner at the Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2010, and Desert Foreigners, released in 2018. In addition, there are numerous short videos arranged in several series of videos on the Coptic Youth Channel on YouTube.