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In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρέω, romanized: anakhōréō, lit. 'I withdraw, retire') is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society to be able to lead an intensely prayer -oriented, ascetic , or Eucharist -focused life.
Martha Reeves (born 1941) is a vowed Anglican solitary (or anchorite), author, and former professor of theology. She has Rowan Williams , the former Archbishop of Canterbury , as bishop-protector. Biography
Paul of Thebes (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; Koinē Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος, Paûlos ho Thēbaîos; Latin: Paulus Eremita; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, [2] who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes, Roman Egypt from the age ...
St. Onuphrius the Anchorite. Obadiah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets; Olaghi, the anchorite; Onesimus, the disciple of St. Paul; Onesiphorus, one of the seventy apostles; Onuphrius, the anchorite, one of the desert fathers (also called, Abba Nofer) Or, the bishop; Otimus, the priest
As a bequest to an unnamed anchorite at St Julian's was made in 1429, there is a possibility Julian was alive at this time. [14] Part of the manuscript (c. 1440) dictated by the mystic Margery Kempe to a scribe, in which she mentions visiting "dame jelyan" (British Library)
Hilarion (291–371), anchorite and saint considered by some to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism; Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt; Pachomius the Great (c. 292 – 348), Egyptian saint generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism; Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
Saint Thomas the Hermit is a Saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church, he is also known as "Saint Thomas the Anchorite", "Saint Thomas of Shenshif" or simply as "Abba Thomas"[(Coptic word meaning Father) (Αw-ba)Sahidic (Αw-va)Bohairic]. Saint Thomas was born in Upper Egypt, in a small village known as "Shenshif".
Saint Cyrus the Anchorite, also known as Anba Karas (Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: أنبا كاراس), [1] was a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church who lived during the late fifth and early sixth centuries.