18 events with tag "desert"
2500 BC
ID: 5336
Nubian gold mines established - Eastern Desert mines supply Egyptian wealth, inscriptions describe waterless 12-day journeys
ID: 5336
270
ID: 3773
St. Anthony the Great goes to Egyptian desert - first Christian hermit, begins desert monasticism at age 20
ID: 3773
285
ID: 3774
St. Anthony's intense spiritual warfare - battles demons in tomb, establishes pattern of ascetic combat
ID: 3774
305
ID: 3775
St. Anthony emerges from 20 years solitude - disciples gather, reluctantly becomes spiritual father, founds loose hermit colonies
ID: 3775
320
ID: 3776
St. Pachomius founds first cenobitic monastery at Tabennisi - creates communal monasticism with written rule
ID: 3776
323
ID: 3777
Pachomian Rule written - first monastic rule, prescribes prayer, work, obedience, becomes model for later rules
ID: 3777
330
ID: 3778
St. Macarius the Great goes to Scetis desert - establishes major monastic center in Egyptian wilderness
ID: 3778
338
ID: 3779
St. Ephrem the Syrian begins monastic life - develops Syrian monasticism, writes hymns and theology
ID: 3779
340
ID: 3780
St. Hilarion establishes monasticism in Palestine - Anthony's disciple spreads desert tradition to Holy Land
ID: 3780
356
ID: 3781
Death of St. Anthony at 105 - Athanasius writes Life of Anthony, spreads monastic ideal throughout Church
ID: 3781
356
ID: 3814
St. Athanasius writes Life of Anthony - biography spreads monastic ideal, Athanasius defender of Nicene faith
ID: 3814
375
ID: 3782
St. Moses the Ethiopian enters Scetis - former brigand becomes desert monk, demonstrates radical conversion
ID: 3782
383
ID: 3784
Evagrius Ponticus in Egyptian desert - develops systematic desert spirituality, eight thoughts (precursor to seven deadly sins)
ID: 3784
386
ID: 3785
St. Jerome establishes monastery in Bethlehem - translates Scripture (Vulgate), brings monasticism to Holy Land
ID: 3785
390
ID: 3786
Desert Fathers sayings begin compilation - Apophthegmata Patrum preserves wisdom of desert elders
ID: 3786
407
ID: 3788
First destruction of Scetis - barbarian raids scatter monks, John Cassian flees to West with desert tradition
ID: 3788
415
ID: 3790
John Cassian founds monastery in Marseilles - writes Conferences, transmits desert wisdom to Western Church
ID: 3790
640
ID: 3802
St. John Climacus writes Ladder of Divine Ascent - synthesizes desert spirituality for Eastern monasticism
ID: 3802