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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.
The term "anchorite" (from the Greek ἀναχωρέω anachōreō, signifying "to withdraw", "to depart into the country outside the circumvallate city") is often used as a synonym for hermit, not only in the earliest written sources but throughout the centuries. [10]
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 ...
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 )
Cell of Saint Teresa de Ávila in the Convent of Saint Joseph. A cell is a small room used by a hermit, monk, nun or anchorite to live and as a devotional space. Cells are often part of larger cenobitic monastic communities such as Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Orthodox Christian monasteries, as well as Buddhist vihara, [1] but may also form stand-alone structures in remote locations.
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An anchorite (feminine form anchoress) is a Christian person who lives in strict physical separation from secular society. Anchorite or Anchoress may also refer to: The Anchorite, a 1976 Spanish film; HMS Anchorite, a Royal Navy submarine of the Second A Class; Anchorite, a kind of Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid)