Sarah of the Desert

Sara the recluse, even Sarra or Sarrha (* 4th century in Egypt; † 4th or 5th century in Egypt, more dates unknown) was an Egyptian Christian Gottsucherin and recluse and is counted among the so-called pious desert mothers.

Little is known about their lives. She came from a respected Christian Egyptian family and moved at a young age in the Libyan desert near Skete to find God - one in the 4th century AD in Egypt widespread form of Christian faith discovery.

For 60 years, lived on the banks of the Nile Sara withdrawn and was famous for her strength of faith and wisdom. Frequently it has been visited by her also living in the desert male co-religionists, the so-called desert fathers, who appreciated her wise counsel in matters of faith. The advice they gave their visitors are, trapped in the very popularly held books of the Desert Fathers, the so-called Apophthegmata Patrum. When her most famous saying is true the sentence: "The very nature I am a woman, but not my spiritual force after. " Especially in Orthodox Church Communities Sara is revered to this day, her feast day is July 13.