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The Michael Vary Show is on the air. Born in the year 251.

So the two and a half centuries after the birth of Christ, two centuries since the death.

The Christian's church was quite different than it is today.

It was developing. It was strengthening. It was spreading.

There was a passion for the word. And there was a Christian monk

named Anthony, became Saint Anthony. And he has many, many terms by which, titles by which he is referenced, Anthony of the desert is one

you'll see because he was the first, he is sometimes called the first monk, but he's not the

first monk. He was the first monk to lead by desertification going out into the desert.

This sort of what we now considered monk-like behavior, monasticism, living alone, studying,

sacrificing, engaged in pure thoughts and pure action.

This sort of behavior is often identified with him and is often credited to him as saint-like

and monastic monk-like behavior.

And he came to be known probably more, he lived in Egypt.

And he left the city to go out to the desert, which is a harsh life, as you can imagine,

and to study, to purify his thought and action.

And he came to be known as Anthony the Great.

And what's interesting about him is that he really internalized the Christian life and the Christian faith and spoke to the individual about the society around them.

I've read a lot about him, but not a good biography.

And I've asked Eddie Martini's brother, Father Lee, is a priest,

and I've asked him

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