Ammonas of Egypt
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. Many of his known sayings and quotations exist in eleven sections of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
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.