Sketis

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Sketis is an ancient monastic settlement in the Egyptian desert historically known as a center of early Christian asceticism and monastic life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastic center
ancient monastic settlement
desert monastic community
associatedWith Desert Fathers NERFINISHED
anchorites
early Christian hermits
attackedBy Berber tribes
attackedInCentury 5th century
country Roman Egypt NERFINISHED
flourishedInCentury 4th century
5th century
6th century
foundedInCentury 4th century
hasNotableResident Arsenius the Great NERFINISHED
Isidore the Priest NERFINISHED
Macarius of Egypt NERFINISHED
Moses the Black NERFINISHED
Poemen the Great NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod late antiquity NERFINISHED
influenced Benedictine monastic tradition
Byzantine hesychasm NERFINISHED
Coptic monasticism
Eastern Christian monasticism
Western Christian monasticism
knownFor Christian asceticism
eremitic monastic life
sayings of the Desert Fathers
spiritual guidance
languageOfCommunity Coptic
Greek
laterCountry Arab Egypt NERFINISHED
Byzantine Egypt NERFINISHED
locatedIn Egypt
Egyptian desert NERFINISHED
Western Desert of Egypt NERFINISHED
monasticType desert laura
semi-eremitic community
partOf Christian ascetic tradition
early Christian monasticism
religion Christianity
religiousTradition Christian monasticism
spiritualLegacyPreservedIn Apophthegmata Patrum NERFINISHED
Sayings of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED
spiritualPractice fasting
hesychia (inner stillness)
manual labor
obedience
poverty
unceasing prayer
status archaeological and spiritual heritage site
traditionallyIdentifiedWith Wadi al-Natrun NERFINISHED

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Scetis alternativeName Sketis