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Seven Monks from Palestine: Lives of the Desert Fathers #207237 06/29/06 10:45 AM
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ElijahmariaX Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,555 New York	The text is introduced by Sr. Benedicta Ward and translated by Norman Russell who was also one of the translators of the Philokalia. This is one of the most dense and astounding texts I have ever read in the ancient history of monasticism. Eli

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