St. Pachomius

[CyrilSebastian]

                             

St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upper Thebaid in Egypt.   
He was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old.   
The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded   
 in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge.

[CyrilSebastian]

St. Pachomus was able to leave the army without ever having to fight.     
He was converted and baptized in 314.

[Shin]

St. Pacomius used to pray continuously that God's Will might be done in him.
After a period of time, while he was keeping vigil and praying for this,
an Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said:
"God's Will is for you to serve Him and reconcile the human race to God."
After saying this three times, he departed from Pachomius.

[CyrilSebastian]

One of Pachomius' devotions was praying with his arms stretched out in the form of a cross.   
 
 

[CyrilSebastian]

Pachomicus joined the hermit Palemon and a colony of solitaires at Tabennisi, on the east bank of the Nile River.

[CyrilSebastian]

For Catholic Benedictines the feast day of St. Pachomius is May 15.