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A Biography of St. Benedict of Nursia
Abbot and Confessor AD
“Benedict the man of the Lord, gentle of countenance, was adorned with
angelic ways; and so great a brightness shone round about him, that,
although yet upon the earth, he might be dwelling among celestial beings.”
[Fourth antiphon for the Psalter, Benedictine Office of Lauds]
St.
Benedict of Nursia is considered to be the “Father” of western monasticism, and because of the influence of western monasticism upon western spirituality, he is also one of the main contributors to the Western Orthodox spiritual tradition.
Whenever we say the Offices of the Church, be they monastic or parochial, we are saying liturgies founded upon the prayer disciplines of this holy Saint. Whenever we practice our Lenten disciplines, we do so following some of the guidelines which he laid out.
When we confess our sins, we are often following the pastoral instruction of St. Benedict. Thus, he is more than the