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Life of the Silent Monk - DVD

Life of the Silent Monk - DVD

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This DVD is in Arabic with English subtitles.

The life of Fr. Yostos St. Antony

St Yostos was born in Zarabie El-Muharraq. His father named him Nagyib. His father was a tailor, and this was the trade Naguib was trained in his early years.  He left his father, mother and brother around the age of 30 and went to the Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite. There, he lived and worked for about 2 years but was not permitted to become a monk. As he rang the bell for prayer one day, the rope broke and after this he was required to leave this monastery.

He walked to the nearby Monastery of Saint Anthony in November 1941 where the head of the monastery accepted him. After some[quantify] years Naguib received the veil of a monk. Subsequently, he became known for his saintly life, silence and asceticism. In particular, he was known for frequently asking, "What time is it?" to remind people to be careful about every deed as this life is short and we must give an account to God for it.

During his[ambiguous] life, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria said of Saint Yostos that "he is the living example of the 4th century monks".

The feast day of St Yostos is celebrated on 8 Kiahk according to the Coptic Calendar used by the Coptic Church. Throughout the 20th century, this will correspond to 4 December of the Julian Calendar and 17 December of the Gregorian Calendar or the day after on both if the previous year of the Coptic Calendar was a leap year.

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