Description
This book, which is in your hands, is not merely a collection
of stories and narrations about our father, "Anba
Abraam," but it is an attempt to reveal the life he had lived
in his innermost soul.
How pleasant to the soul it is to be free from the bands of
earthly life, enjoying calmly the biographies of the holy fathers,
tasting the sweetness of the work of Christ in the life
of His children, and smelling His essence through their behavior.
Indeed, it is very difficult to express in words the reality
of the secret life, it can be practised but not related, the heart
can feel what the tongue fails to express!
The biography of "Anba Abraam" is a life and fellowship
with the Lord. Its flavor has been diffused in every home in
Egypt, and its fragrance has emanated in all the Eastern
world. Some Western persons loved him, cared to visit him,
and get to know more of his saintly life.
The famous writer "Leeder," heard about him from some
western Catholic people, and hastened with his wife to visit
Egypt, in order to meet the old saint, and the bishop of Fayoum.
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