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Macarius of Egypt

Four Desert Fathers: Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt & Macarius of Alexandria Orthodox Christians today have no"Sugg. Donation" The four desert Fathers who gave their names to this volume Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt, and Macarius of Alexandria were well known some 1600 years ago in Alexandria and the monastic communities of Lower Egypt. They were most famous, perhaps, because the monk (and later bishop) Palladius recounted their Lives preserved in the Coptic Palladiana in his Lausiac History. The introduction describes the relationships among Palladius