May 9
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Pachomius

St. Pachomius

abbot, father of community monasticism · c. 292 – 348
All who believed were together and had all things in common.
— Acts 2:44

An Egyptian soldier who, when conscripted, was surprised by Christians bringing food to the recruits. After the war he was baptised and founded the first monasteries where monks lived together under a rule. One act of love can change a whole life.

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