Evagrius Ponticus

Also known as Evagrius the Solitary, Evagrius of Pontus

Christian Monk

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Born: 345?
Died: 399
Works: 48

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Girkʻ utʻn khorhrdotsʻ meghatsʻ
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Վարք եւ մատենագրութիւնք
Per conoscere lui

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3 total works indexed

The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus
· 2000
Nonnenspiegel und Mönchenspiegel
· 2010
The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer
· 2009

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Quotes

“Do not desire wealth for giving to the poor.”
“Do you desire, then, to embrace this life of solitude, and to seek out the blessings of stillness? If so, abandon the cares of the world, and the principalities and powers that lie behind them: free yourself from attachment to material things, from domination by passions and desires, so that as a stranger to all this you may attain true stillness.”
“Just as it is possible to think of water both while thirsty and while not thirsty, so it is possible to think of gold with greed and without greed. The same applies to other things.”
“In the whole range of evil thoughts, none is richer in resources than self-esteem.”

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Key facts

Born: 345, Ibora , (modern-day İverönü, Erbaa , Tokat , Turkey )
Died: 399, Scetis , (modern-day Egypt )
Venerated in: Syriac Orthodox Church , Armenian Church
Feast: January 16 (Syrian) , February 11 (Armenian)
Influences: Origen , Didymus the Blind , Anthony the Great , Macarius of Egypt , Basil the Great , Gregory Nazianzen , Melania the Elder
Influenced: Palladius of Galatia , Babai the Great , John Cassian , Isidore of Pelusium , The Tall Brothers (Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and Euthymius), Melania the Younger , Rufinus of Aquileia , John of Apamea , Isaac the Syrian , John Damascene
Major works: The Kephalia Gnostica, The Praktikos, De Oratione

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date of birth: 0345-01-01
date of death: 0399-01-01
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Evagrius Ponticus (left), John of Sinai, and an unknown saint. 17th-century icon.

Evagrius Ponticus (Ancient Greek: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός), also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic from Heraclea, a city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor. One of the most influential theologians in the late fourth-century church, he was well known as a thinker, polished speaker, and gifted writer. He left a promising ecclesiastical career in Constantinople and traveled to Jerusalem, where in 383 AD he became a monk at the monastery of Rufinus and Melania the Elder. He then went to Egypt and spent the remaining years of his life in Nitria and Kellia, marked by years of asceticism and writing. He was a disciple of several influential contemporary church leaders, including Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Macarius of Egypt. He was a teacher of others, including John Cassian and Palladius of Galatia.