Great ancients Africans saints of January: Paul of Thebes (the First Hermit), Anthony the Great (the Professor of Desert), Athanasius the Great & Cyril of Alexandria, Macarius the Great

 
St Paul of Thebes with st Anthony the Great

 

Saint Paul of Thebes, the First Hermit (January 15)

 
Three Africans ancients saints: Anthony the Great (the Professor of Desert), Athanasius the Great & Cyril of Alexandria (January 17 & 18)   

 

St Macarius the Egyptian, the Great, January 19 

Please, see also
 

In Africa for two  Great African Saints

 

 

OBSERVING THE FEAST DAYS OF THE AFRICAN SAINTS

Ancient Christian faith (Orthodox Church) in Africa
Dream Team of the Desert

 

Saints Athanasius the Great & Cyril (for here)

Orthodox Monasticism
LIVE, BEYOND THE LIMITS!
The holy anarchists... in the Egyptian Desert
Hymn to the African Saints    

Theosis (deification): The True Purpose of Human Life  

The Kingdom of Heaven, where racial discrimination has no place

 

A Greek saint, who went from village to village, compared the ancient wisdom of the Orthodox Christians with the culture of the West († 1861, January 18)...

 

Malawi, Hermitage of St Mark of Ephesus (Eugenikos = Courteous) : the saint who resisted to Western European imperialism in 15th century (January 19)