09 works, Today, August 28th, is Moses the Black’s day, his story illustrated #240

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Saint Moses the Abyssinian

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Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Nabk, north of Damascus, Syria

Moses the Black (330–405), also known as Abba Moses the Robber, the Ethiopian , and the Strong, was an ascetic monk and priest in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a notable Desert Father. According to stories about him, he converted from a life of crime to one of asceticism…

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