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Also known as Moses Murin, mario

monk, priest and martyr in Egypt

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Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1989
blues rockhard rockjam bandrockroots rocksouthern rock

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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
330 AD, Egypt
Died
405 (aged 74 – 75), Scetis , Egypt , Eastern Roman Empire
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodoxy , Catholic Church , Anglican Communion , Lutheranism , Assyrian Church of the East
Major shrine
Paromeos Monastery , Scetis , Egypt
Feast
August 28 ( Chalcedonian Christianity ), July 1; Paoni 24 ( Coptic Orthodox Church ), July 28 ( Syriac Orthodox Church ), July 2 ( Episcopal Church )
Patronage
Africa, nonviolence

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Encyclopedic overview

Moses the Black (Coptic: Ⲙⲟⲥⲉⲥ; Greek: Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοψ, romanized: Mōüsês ho Aithíops; Arabic: موسى الحبشي; 330–405), also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian , was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He is highly venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church. According to stories about him, he converted from a life of crime to one of asceticism. He is mentioned in Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History, written about 70 years after Moses's death.

Biography

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