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[[Image:AbbaShenoute.jpg|thumb|Coptic icon of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite]] '''Saint Abba Shenouda (Shenoute) the Archimandrite''' (348-466 A.D.) was the [[abbot]] of the White Monastery of Atribe in the desert of Thebes, Egypt, for more than 65 years. He ruled over 2200 [[monks]] and 1800 [[nuns]]. He is called [[Archimandrite]] (the head of anchorites) because he used to practice the hermetic (isolated) life from time to time, and he also used to encourage some of his monks to withdraw to the desert after a few years of coenobetic life (living together in monastic community). In 431 A.D. he accompanied Pope St. [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril the Great of Alexandria]] to the [[Third Ecumenical Council|Ecumenical Council of Ephesus]].

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