A History of the Monks of Syria Prepared by the nuns of

Prepared by the nuns of the convent dedicated to her memory at Jordanville NY

Based on Holy Scripture and patristic teaching

In space they extend no less widely: from Persia in the east to Alaska in the west

originally penciled in laborious

A History of the Monks of Syria Prepared by the nuns ofTheodoret of Cyrrhus A contemporary account of the lives of the monks of 4th and 5th century Syria. These spiritual giants make a startling contrast to the "educated, cultured" society of the Greco Romans. In the spiritual tradition of St. John the Baptist, they grew to holiness without the refinements of polite society unwashed, unkempt, usually homeless and poorly educated, demonstrating in their lives the folly of the wisdom of this world.