Poemen

Poimen, also called Poimen the Great ( c. 340 in Egypt; allegedly † 450 ) ranks next to Antonio's and Makarios of the most famous Christian monks of late antiquity. He is counted among the desert fathers called and is valid in all Orthodox churches and the Catholic Church as a saint.

He had six brothers, including the names are known Anubios ( the eldest ) and Paisios, which he joined in an Egyptian monastery. They were so strict asceticism revealed that they did not show her mother when she was in the monastery to visit.

In the Apophthegmata Patrum there are more than one hundred sayings that are attributed to him. Poimen had a large number of pupils who claim in their utterances explicitly Poimen.

Quotes

Often the Altvater Poimen said: "We need nothing but a watchful sense. " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 709)

Altvater Poimen said: "Many of the fathers were brave in asceticism, but in tact just one - just one! " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 680)

Abbas Poimen again said: " self-will and convenience and to become accustomed to bring the men into destruction. " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 657 )

From Abbas Abbas, Prior Poimen told that he made a beginning every day. ( Apophthegmata Patrum 659 )

Abbes Poimen said. " Victory over each plague that comes over you is the silence " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 611 )

Abbas Poimen again said: "There is a man who seems to be silent, but his heart condemns others. Such talks incessantly in reality. And there is another who speaks of the morning until the evening, and yet he kept silence, that is, he speaks nothing useless. " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 601)

Again, Abbas spoke Poimen ". The beginning of the evils of the entertainment " ( Apophthegmata Patrum 617)