Byzantine Saints: Ven. Athanasius, founder of the Great Lavra and Coenobitic Monasticism (5 July)

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St. Athanasius the Athonite (c. 920–1003) is one of the greatest monastic saints in Christian history and the founder of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos. Raised in Constantinople as a brilliant scholar, he abandoned worldly success to embrace the ascetic life, becoming the father of organized cenobitic monasticism on the Holy Mountain. In this reading for July 5, discover how God guided St. Athanasius from the imperial court to the deserts of Mount Athos, where he endured fierce temptations, received miraculous consolations from the Mother of God, founded the Great Lavra, and established a rule of prayer and obedience that transformed Orthodox monasticism forever. Learn about the miraculous spring granted through the Theotokos, his prophetic foreknowledge of his death, and his final words before entering eternal glory with several of his disciples. This timeless account reminds us that holiness is found through humility, obedience, perseverance, prayer, and complete trust in Divine Providence. 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Birth of Abraham in Trebizond 00:52 Education in Constantinople 01:35 Meeting St. Michael Maleinos 02:14 Becoming the monk Athanasius 02:54 Solitude on Mount Athos 03:18 Temptations and perseverance 03:42 Heavenly consolation and gift of tears 04:05 Emperor Nicephorus Phocas supports the monastery 04:39 Building the Great Lavra 05:13 Monks gather from across the Christian world 05:31 Establishing cenobitic monasticism 05:54 Miraculous appearance of the Mother of God 06:48 The miraculous spring on Mount Athos 07:02 Prophecy of his death 07:42 Collapse of the church and holy repose of St. Athanasius 08:08 Legacy of the Father of Mount Athos https://www.oca.org/saints/lives 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StAthanasius #MountAthos #GreatLavra #LivesOfTheSaints #Catholic #Orthodox #Monasticism #ChristianHistory #SaintOfTheDay #Theotokos #Prayer #Asceticism #ChurchHistory #ByzantineSaints #July5